#72B296#72B296

#72B296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.078 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B296
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(154, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(154, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 15.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -26.82, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 27.95, 163.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0753 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.078 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3628, 37.6185, 34.6148)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B296 #B2728E

analogous

#72B276 #72B296 #72AEB2

triadic

#72B296 #9672B2 #B29672

tetradic

#72B296 #7672B2 #B2728E #AEB272

square

#72B296 #7672B2 #B2728E #AEB272

split-complementary

#72B296 #B272AE #B27672

monochromatic

#3C6E58 #529578 #72B296 #9AC8B3 #C1DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72B296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#72B296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B296

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B296	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.078 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9b4',
    500: '#72b296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b296;
$custom-light: #9dc9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.75,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71219,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B296

secondary

#CDB3BE

accent

#628EC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B296

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

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