#72AE98#72AE98

#72AE98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.071 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE98
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 152)
HSL	hsl(158, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -24.40, 5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 24.94, 168.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0693 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.071 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7410, 36.1149, 35.2088)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE98 #AE7288

analogous

#72AE7A #72AE98 #72A6AE

triadic

#72AE98 #9872AE #AE9872

tetradic

#72AE98 #7A72AE #AE7288 #A6AE72

square

#72AE98 #7A72AE #AE7288 #A6AE72

split-complementary

#72AE98 #AE72A6 #AE7A72

monochromatic

#3C6959 #53907A #72AE98 #99C4B4 #C0DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72AE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#72AE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE98

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE98	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#ABA697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.071 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6b6',
    500: '#72ae98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae98;
$custom-light: #9cc6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.07059,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE98

secondary

#CAB2BB

accent

#6487C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE98

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

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