#72B396#72B396

#72B396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.080 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B396
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(153, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(153, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -27.31, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 28.54, 163.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0766 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.08 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5625, 38.0179, 34.6814)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B396 #B3728F

analogous

#72B376 #72B396 #72AFB3

triadic

#72B396 #9672B3 #B39672

tetradic

#72B396 #7672B3 #B3728F #AFB372

square

#72B396 #7672B3 #B3728F #AFB372

split-complementary

#72B396 #B372AF #B37672

monochromatic

#3C6F58 #519778 #72B396 #9AC8B4 #C2DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#72B396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B396

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B396	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.080 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcab4',
    500: '#72b396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b396;
$custom-light: #9dcab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.231,
    "s": 29.954,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71457,
    "c": 0.07954,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B396

secondary

#CEB3BF

accent

#628EC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B396

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

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