#72B799#72B799

#72B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.083 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B799
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(154, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(154, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -28.62, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 29.84, 163.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0803 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.083 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6205, 39.7425, 36.2411)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B799 #B77290

analogous

#72B776 #72B799 #72B2B7

triadic

#72B799 #9972B7 #B79972

tetradic

#72B799 #7672B7 #B77290 #B2B772

square

#72B799 #7672B7 #B77290 #B2B772

split-complementary

#72B799 #B772B2 #B77672

monochromatic

#3B745B #509C7B #72B799 #9BCCB6 #C3E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#72B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#72B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B799

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B799	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.083 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdb7',
    500: '#72b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b799;
$custom-light: #9dcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.913,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B799

secondary

#D0B5C1

accent

#5F8DC9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B799

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

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