#72B697#72B697

#72B697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.083 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B697
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(153, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 0%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -28.56, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 29.96, 162.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0799 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.083 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2512, 39.2659, 35.3099)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B697 #B67291

analogous

#72B675 #72B697 #72B3B6

triadic

#72B697 #9772B6 #B69772

tetradic

#72B697 #7572B6 #B67291 #B3B672

square

#72B697 #7572B6 #B67291 #B3B672

split-complementary

#72B697 #B672B3 #B67572

monochromatic

#3B7259 #509B79 #72B697 #9ACBB5 #C3E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#72B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B697

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B697	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.083 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dccb5',
    500: '#72b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b697;
$custom-light: #9dccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.647,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72198,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B697

secondary

#CFB4C1

accent

#608FC8

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B697

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

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