#72B79A#72B79A

#72B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.082 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B79A
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(155, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(155, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -28.41, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 29.49, 164.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0798 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.082 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7034, 39.7756, 36.6779)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B79A #B7728F

analogous

#72B777 #72B79A #72B1B7

triadic

#72B79A #9A72B7 #B79A72

tetradic

#72B79A #7772B7 #B7728F #B1B772

square

#72B79A #7772B7 #B7728F #B1B772

split-complementary

#72B79A #B772B1 #B77772

monochromatic

#3B745C #509C7C #72B79A #9BCCB7 #C3E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#72B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B79A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B79A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.082 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdb7',
    500: '#72b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b79a;
$custom-light: #9dcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.783,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B79A

secondary

#D0B5C0

accent

#5F8CC9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B79A

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

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