#72C0A3#72C0A3

#72C0A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.089 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0A3
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 163)
HSL	hsl(158, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(158, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 15.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -30.79, 7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 31.60, 166.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0869 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.089 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3973, 43.9188, 41.4133)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0A3 #C0728F

analogous

#72C07C #72C0A3 #72B6C0

triadic

#72C0A3 #A372C0 #C0A372

tetradic

#72C0A3 #7C72C0 #C0728F #B6C072

square

#72C0A3 #7C72C0 #C0728F #B6C072

split-complementary

#72C0A3 #C072B6 #C07C72

monochromatic

#397F65 #4CA986 #72C0A3 #9CD3BF #C7E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72C0A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#72C0A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0A3

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0A3	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.089 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed3be',
    500: '#72c0a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0a3;
$custom-light: #9ed3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.692,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0A3

secondary

#D6B8C3

accent

#5A85CE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0A3

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

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