#72B796#72B796

#72B796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.086 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B796
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(151, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(151, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -29.25, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 30.91, 161.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0816 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.086 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3758, 39.6446, 34.9525)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B796 #B77293

analogous

#72B773 #72B796 #72B5B7

triadic

#72B796 #9672B7 #B79672

tetradic

#72B796 #7372B7 #B77293 #B5B772

square

#72B796 #7372B7 #B77293 #B5B772

split-complementary

#72B796 #B772B5 #B77372

monochromatic

#3B7459 #509C78 #72B796 #9BCCB4 #C3E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#72B796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#72B796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B796

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B796	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.086 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdb4',
    500: '#72b796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b796;
$custom-light: #9dcdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.304,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B796

secondary

#D0B5C2

accent

#5F92C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B796

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

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