#72BC99#72BC99

#72BC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.091 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BC99
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(152, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(152, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -31.02, 10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 32.77, 161.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0865 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.091 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6702, 41.8418, 36.5910)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BC99 #BC7295

analogous

#72BC74 #72BC99 #72BABC

triadic

#72BC99 #9972BC #BC9972

tetradic

#72BC99 #7472BC #BC7295 #BABC72

square

#72BC99 #7472BC #BC7295 #BABC72

split-complementary

#72BC99 #BC72BA #BC7472

monochromatic

#3A7A5C #4EA37B #72BC99 #9BD0B7 #C5E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#72BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BC99

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BC99	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.091 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd0b7',
    500: '#72bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bc99;
$custom-light: #9dd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.622,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73681,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BC99

secondary

#D3B6C4

accent

#5C91CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BC99

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

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