#72BA99#72BA99

#72BA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.088 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BA99
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(153, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 17.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -30.07, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 31.59, 162.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.084 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.088 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2459, 40.9932, 36.4495)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BA99 #BA7293

analogous

#72BA75 #72BA99 #72B7BA

triadic

#72BA99 #9972BA #BA9972

tetradic

#72BA99 #7572BA #BA7293 #B7BA72

square

#72BA99 #7572BA #BA7293 #B7BA72

split-complementary

#72BA99 #BA72B7 #BA7572

monochromatic

#3A775B #4EA07B #72BA99 #9BCEB7 #C4E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72BA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#72BA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BA99

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BA99	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.088 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcfb7',
    500: '#72ba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ba99;
$custom-light: #9dcfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73204,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BA99

secondary

#D2B6C3

accent

#5D8FCA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BA99

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

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