#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
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 170)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(160, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 14.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -32.57, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 33.22, 168.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0922 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.094 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6156, 47.3240, 45.3328)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##72C7AA	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7AA

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

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