#72BC9D#72BC9D

#72BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.087 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BC9D
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(155, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(155, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -30.18, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 31.35, 164.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0847 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.087 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0061, 41.9761, 38.3601)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BC9D #BC7291

analogous

#72BC78 #72BC9D #72B6BC

triadic

#72BC9D #9D72BC #BC9D72

tetradic

#72BC9D #7872BC #BC7291 #B6BC72

square

#72BC9D #7872BC #BC7291 #B6BC72

split-complementary

#72BC9D #BC72B6 #BC7872

monochromatic

#3A7A5F #4EA37F #72BC9D #9BD0BA #C5E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#72BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BC9D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BC9D	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.087 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0ba',
    500: '#72bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bc9d;
$custom-light: #9ed0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.865,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BC9D

secondary

#D3B6C3

accent

#5C8BCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BC9D

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

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