#72AE97#72AE97

#72AE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.071 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE97
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -24.62, 5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 25.27, 167.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0698 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.071 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6594, 36.0823, 34.7793)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE97 #AE7289

analogous

#72AE79 #72AE97 #72A7AE

triadic

#72AE97 #9772AE #AE9772

tetradic

#72AE97 #7972AE #AE7289 #A7AE72

square

#72AE97 #7972AE #AE7289 #A7AE72

split-complementary

#72AE97 #AE72A7 #AE7972

monochromatic

#3C6958 #539079 #72AE97 #99C4B4 #C0DBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72AE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#72AE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE97

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE97	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.071 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6b5',
    500: '#72ae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae97;
$custom-light: #9cc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70297,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE97

secondary

#CAB2BB

accent

#6489C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE97

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

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