#72B879#72B879

#72B879 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B879
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 121)
HSL	hsl(126, 33%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(126, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 34.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -35.23, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 43.35, 144.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.096 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.115 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5297, 39.2373, 24.2084)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B879 #B872B1

analogous

#8EB872 #72B879 #72B89C

triadic

#72B879 #7972B8 #B87972

tetradic

#72B879 #728EB8 #B872B1 #B89C72

square

#72B879 #728EB8 #B872B1 #B89C72

split-complementary

#72B879 #9C72B8 #B8728E

monochromatic

#3B7541 #4F9D57 #72B879 #9BCCA0 #C3E1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72B879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#72B879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B879

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B879	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)

#BAAC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcda0',
    500: '#72b879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b879;
$custom-light: #9dcda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B879

secondary

#D1B5CE

accent

#5FBEC9

background

#F9FCF9

surface

#F2F9F2

border

#CCD2CC

text

#0E130E

muted

#7E827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B879

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

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