#72C2AA#72C2AA

#72C2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.087 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2AA
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(162, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 12.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -30.20, 4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 30.52, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0862 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.087 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4841, 45.0609, 44.9556)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2AA #C2728A

analogous

#72C282 #72C2AA #72B2C2

triadic

#72C2AA #AA72C2 #C2AA72

tetradic

#72C2AA #8272C2 #C2728A #B2C272

square

#72C2AA #8272C2 #C2728A #B2C272

split-complementary

#72C2AA #C272B2 #C28272

monochromatic

#38826C #4BAC8F #72C2AA #9DD4C4 #C7E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72C2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#72C2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2AA

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2AA	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.087 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed5c3',
    500: '#72c2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2aa;
$custom-light: #9ed5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2AA

secondary

#D7B9C2

accent

#3359B3

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2AA

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

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