#72AE99#72AE99

#72AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.070 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE99
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -24.18, 4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 24.62, 169.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0689 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.07 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8232, 36.1478, 35.6420)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE99 #AE7287

analogous

#72AE7B #72AE99 #72A5AE

triadic

#72AE99 #9972AE #AE9972

tetradic

#72AE99 #7B72AE #AE7287 #A5AE72

square

#72AE99 #7B72AE #AE7287 #A5AE72

split-complementary

#72AE99 #AE72A5 #AE7B72

monochromatic

#3C695A #53907B #72AE99 #99C4B5 #C0DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#72AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE99

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE99	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.070 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6b7',
    500: '#72ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae99;
$custom-light: #9cc6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE99

secondary

#CAB2BA

accent

#6486C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE99

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

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