#72C7AA#72C7AA

#72C7AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.094 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C7AA
RGBrgb(114, 199, 170)
HSLhsl(160, 43%, 61%)
HSVhsv(160, 43%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(42.7%, 0%, 14.6%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(74.40, -32.57, 6.51)
CIE-LCHlch(74.40, 33.22, 168.69°)
OKLaboklab(76.75% -0.0922 0.0167)
OKLCHoklch(76.75% 0.094 169.7)
XYZxyz(34.6156, 47.3240, 45.3328)
Luminance0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C7AA #C7728F
analogous
#72C780 #72C7AA #72BAC7
triadic
#72C7AA #AA72C7 #C7AA72
tetradic
#72C7AA #8072C7 #C7728F #BAC772
square
#72C7AA #8072C7 #C7728F #BAC772
split-complementary
#72C7AA #C772BA #C78072
monochromatic
#36886C #48B48F #72C7AA #9ED8C4 #CAEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#72C7AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47
#72C7AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7AA
10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C7AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C7AA1.002.0110.4710.47
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4721.001.001.00
##00000010.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3BDA9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5B3AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#57C8BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.094 169.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8c3',
    500: '#72c7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c7aa;
$custom-light: #9fd8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.529,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7675,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C7AA
secondary
#DABBC5
accent
#2F5DB6
background
#FAFDFB
surface
#F3FAF7
border
#CDD3D0
text
#0F1412
muted
#7F8381

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#72C7AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva