#72B59E#72B59E

#72B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.077 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B59E
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(159, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -26.56, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 27.03, 169.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0756 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.077 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6326, 39.0919, 38.3252)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B59E #B57289

analogous

#72B57C #72B59E #72AAB5

triadic

#72B59E #9E72B5 #B59E72

tetradic

#72B59E #7C72B5 #B57289 #AAB572

square

#72B59E #7C72B5 #B57289 #AAB572

split-complementary

#72B59E #B572AA #B57C72

monochromatic

#3B715F #509980 #72B59E #9ACABA #C2DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#72B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B59E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B59E	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.077 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbba',
    500: '#72b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b59e;
$custom-light: #9dcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.403,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B59E

secondary

#CFB4BD

accent

#6084C7

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B59E

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

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