#72BB9E#72BB9E

#72BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.085 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BB9E
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(156, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(156, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -29.48, 7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 30.43, 165.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.083 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.085 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8789, 41.5847, 38.7406)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BB9E #BB728F

analogous

#72BB7A #72BB9E #72B4BB

triadic

#72BB9E #9E72BB #BB9E72

tetradic

#72BB9E #7A72BB #BB728F #B4BB72

square

#72BB9E #7A72BB #BB728F #B4BB72

split-complementary

#72BB9E #BB72B4 #BB7A72

monochromatic

#3A7860 #4EA281 #72BB9E #9BCFBA #C5E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#72BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BB9E

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BB9E	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.085 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd0ba',
    500: '#72bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bb9e;
$custom-light: #9dd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.164,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BB9E

secondary

#D3B6C1

accent

#5D89CB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BB9E

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

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