#72B49E#72B49E

#72B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.075 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B49E
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(160, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -26.06, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 26.47, 169.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0743 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.075 171)
XYZ	xyz(29.4300, 38.6867, 38.2577)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B49E #B47288

analogous

#72B47D #72B49E #72A9B4

triadic

#72B49E #9E72B4 #B49E72

tetradic

#72B49E #7D72B4 #B47288 #A9B472

square

#72B49E #7D72B4 #B47288 #A9B472

split-complementary

#72B49E #B472A9 #B47D72

monochromatic

#3C705F #519880 #72B49E #9AC9B9 #C2DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#72B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B49E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B49E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.075 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaba',
    500: '#72b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b49e;
$custom-light: #9dcaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.38689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B49E

secondary

#CEB4BC

accent

#6183C7

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B49E

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

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