#72B399#72B399

#72B399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.077 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B399
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(156, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 14.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -26.67, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 27.51, 165.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0753 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.077 167)
XYZ	xyz(28.8072, 38.1158, 35.9700)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B399 #B3728C

analogous

#72B378 #72B399 #72ADB3

triadic

#72B399 #9972B3 #B39972

tetradic

#72B399 #7872B3 #B3728C #ADB372

square

#72B399 #7872B3 #B3728C #ADB372

split-complementary

#72B399 #B372AD #B37872

monochromatic

#3C6F5A #51977B #72B399 #9AC8B6 #C2DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#72B399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B399

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B399	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.077 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcab7',
    500: '#72b399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b399;
$custom-light: #9dcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 29.954,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.38118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B399

secondary

#CEB3BE

accent

#628AC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B399

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

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