#72BB99#72BB99

#72BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.089 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BB99
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(152, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(152, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -30.55, 10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 32.18, 161.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0853 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.089 163)
XYZ	xyz(30.4573, 41.4160, 36.5200)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BB99 #BB7294

analogous

#72BB75 #72BB99 #72B9BB

triadic

#72BB99 #9972BB #BB9972

tetradic

#72BB99 #7572BB #BB7294 #B9BB72

square

#72BB99 #7572BB #BB7294 #B9BB72

split-complementary

#72BB99 #BB72B9 #BB7572

monochromatic

#3A785B #4EA27B #72BB99 #9BCFB7 #C5E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#72BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BB99

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BB99	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.089 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd0b7',
    500: '#72bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bb99;
$custom-light: #9dd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.055,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.41418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BB99

secondary

#D3B6C3

accent

#5D90CB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BB99

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

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