#72B99A#72B99A

#72B99A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.085 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B99A
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 154)
HSL	hsl(154, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(154, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -29.37, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 30.66, 163.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0823 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.085 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1189, 40.6065, 36.8164)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B99A #B97291

analogous

#72B976 #72B99A #72B4B9

triadic

#72B99A #9A72B9 #B99A72

tetradic

#72B99A #7672B9 #B97291 #B4B972

square

#72B99A #7672B9 #B97291 #B4B972

split-complementary

#72B99A #B972B4 #B97672

monochromatic

#3B765C #4F9F7C #72B99A #9BCDB7 #C4E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#72B99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B99A

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B99A	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.085 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dceb7',
    500: '#72b99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b99a;
$custom-light: #9dceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.803,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72993,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B99A

secondary

#D1B5C2

accent

#5E8DCA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B99A

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

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