#72BAA3#72BAA3

#72BAA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.080 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAA3
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 163)
HSL	hsl(161, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -27.90, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 28.27, 170.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0795 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.08 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1067, 41.3375, 40.9830)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAA3 #BA7289

analogous

#72BA7F #72BAA3 #72ADBA

triadic

#72BAA3 #A372BA #BAA372

tetradic

#72BAA3 #7F72BA #BA7289 #ADBA72

square

#72BAA3 #7F72BA #BA7289 #ADBA72

split-complementary

#72BAA3 #BA72AD #BA7F72

monochromatic

#3A7764 #4EA086 #72BAA3 #9BCEBE #C4E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#72BAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#72BAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAA3

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAA3	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.080 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcfbe',
    500: '#72baa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baa3;
$custom-light: #9dcfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.833,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.0804,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAA3

secondary

#D2B6BF

accent

#5D80CA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAA3

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

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