#72B899#72B899

#72B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.085 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B899
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(153, 33%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -29.10, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 30.42, 163.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0815 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.085 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8275, 40.1564, 36.3101)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B899 #B87291

analogous

#72B876 #72B899 #72B4B8

triadic

#72B899 #9972B8 #B89972

tetradic

#72B899 #7672B8 #B87291 #B4B872

square

#72B899 #7672B8 #B87291 #B4B872

split-complementary

#72B899 #B872B4 #B87672

monochromatic

#3B755B #4F9D7B #72B899 #9BCCB6 #C3E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#72B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B899

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B899	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.085 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdb7',
    500: '#72b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b899;
$custom-light: #9dcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.429,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B899

secondary

#D1B5C1

accent

#5F8EC9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B899

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

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