#72B397#72B397

#72B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.079 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B397
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(154, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(154, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -27.10, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 28.19, 163.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0762 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.079 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6434, 38.0503, 35.1073)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B397 #B3728E

analogous

#72B377 #72B397 #72AEB3

triadic

#72B397 #9772B3 #B39772

tetradic

#72B397 #7772B3 #B3728E #AEB372

square

#72B397 #7772B3 #B3728E #AEB372

split-complementary

#72B397 #B372AE #B37772

monochromatic

#3C6F59 #519779 #72B397 #9AC8B4 #C2DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#72B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B397

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B397	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.079 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcab5',
    500: '#72b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b397;
$custom-light: #9dcab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.154,
    "s": 29.954,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71484,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B397

secondary

#CEB3BF

accent

#628DC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B397

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

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