#72C0A5#72C0A5

#72C0A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.087 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0A5
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(159, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 14.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -30.35, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 30.96, 168.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.086 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.087 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5779, 43.9911, 42.3645)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0A5 #C0728D

analogous

#72C07E #72C0A5 #72B4C0

triadic

#72C0A5 #A572C0 #C0A572

tetradic

#72C0A5 #7E72C0 #C0728D #B4C072

square

#72C0A5 #7E72C0 #C0728D #B4C072

split-complementary

#72C0A5 #C072B4 #C07E72

monochromatic

#397F67 #4CA989 #72C0A5 #9CD3C0 #C7E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72C0A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#72C0A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0A5

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0A5	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.087 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed3bf',
    500: '#72c0a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0a5;
$custom-light: #9ed3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0A5

secondary

#D6B8C2

accent

#5A82CE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0A5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →