#72B59C#72B59C

#72B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.078 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B59C
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -27.00, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 27.67, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0764 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.078 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4618, 39.0236, 37.4259)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B59C #B5728B

analogous

#72B57A #72B59C #72ACB5

triadic

#72B59C #9C72B5 #B59C72

tetradic

#72B59C #7A72B5 #B5728B #ACB572

square

#72B59C #7A72B5 #B5728B #ACB572

split-complementary

#72B59C #B572AC #B57A72

monochromatic

#3B715D #50997E #72B59C #9ACAB8 #C2DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#72B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B59C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B59C	1.00	2.39	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.078 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbb9',
    500: '#72b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b59c;
$custom-light: #9dcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.612,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B59C

secondary

#CFB4BE

accent

#6087C7

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B59C

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

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