#72B596#72B596

#72B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.083 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B596
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(152, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -28.28, 9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 29.73, 162.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0791 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.083 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9663, 38.8254, 34.8160)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B596 #B57291

analogous

#72B574 #72B596 #72B2B5

triadic

#72B596 #9672B5 #B59672

tetradic

#72B596 #7472B5 #B57291 #B2B572

square

#72B596 #7472B5 #B57291 #B2B572

split-complementary

#72B596 #B572B2 #B57472

monochromatic

#3B7158 #509978 #72B596 #9ACAB4 #C2DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#72B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B596

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B596	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.083 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbb4',
    500: '#72b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b596;
$custom-light: #9dcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.239,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B596

secondary

#CFB4C0

accent

#6090C7

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B596

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

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