#72AE96#72AE96

#72AE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.072 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE96
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -24.84, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 25.60, 166.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0702 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.072 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5785, 36.0500, 34.3534)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE96 #AE728A

analogous

#72AE78 #72AE96 #72A8AE

triadic

#72AE96 #9672AE #AE9672

tetradic

#72AE96 #7872AE #AE728A #A8AE72

square

#72AE96 #7872AE #AE728A #A8AE72

split-complementary

#72AE96 #AE72A8 #AE7872

monochromatic

#3C6957 #539078 #72AE96 #99C4B3 #C0DBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#72AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE96

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE96	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.072 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6b4',
    500: '#72ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae96;
$custom-light: #9cc6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70269,
    "c": 0.07201,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE96

secondary

#CAB2BB

accent

#648AC3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE96

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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