#72B89E#72B89E

#72B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.081 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B89E
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(158, 33%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -28.03, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 28.72, 167.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0793 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.081 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2491, 40.3251, 38.5307)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B89E #B8728C

analogous

#72B87B #72B89E #72AFB8

triadic

#72B89E #9E72B8 #B89E72

tetradic

#72B89E #7B72B8 #B8728C #AFB872

square

#72B89E #7B72B8 #B8728C #AFB872

split-complementary

#72B89E #B872AF #B87B72

monochromatic

#3B755F #4F9D80 #72B89E #9BCCBA #C3E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#72B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#72B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B89E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B89E	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.081 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdba',
    500: '#72b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b89e;
$custom-light: #9dcdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.08093,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B89E

secondary

#D1B5BF

accent

#5F86C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B89E

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

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