#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
RGBrgb(114, 183, 153)
HSLhsl(154, 32%, 58%)
HSVhsv(154, 38%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(37.7%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.29, -28.62, 8.44)
CIE-LCHlch(69.29, 29.84, 163.57°)
OKLaboklab(72.49% -0.0803 0.0217)
OKLCHoklch(72.49% 0.083 164.9)
XYZxyz(29.6205, 39.7425, 36.2411)
Luminance0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##72B7991.002.358.958.95
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9521.001.001.00
##0000008.9521.001.001.00

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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#72B799 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva