#72B496#72B496

#72B496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.081 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B496
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(153, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -27.80, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 29.13, 162.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0779 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.081 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7637, 38.4202, 34.7485)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B496 #B47290

analogous

#72B475 #72B496 #72B1B4

triadic

#72B496 #9672B4 #B49672

tetradic

#72B496 #7572B4 #B47290 #B1B472

square

#72B496 #7572B4 #B47290 #B1B472

split-complementary

#72B496 #B472B1 #B47572

monochromatic

#3C7058 #519878 #72B496 #9AC9B4 #C2DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#72B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B496

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B496	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.081 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcab4',
    500: '#72b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b496;
$custom-light: #9dcab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.727,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B496

secondary

#CEB4C0

accent

#618FC7

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B496

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

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