#72C8A0#72C8A0

#72C8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.103 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A0
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(152, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(152, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -35.19, 11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 37.18, 161.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0979 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.103 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9362, 47.4216, 40.6159)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A0 #C8729A

analogous

#72C875 #72C8A0 #72C5C8

triadic

#72C8A0 #A072C8 #C8A072

tetradic

#72C8A0 #7572C8 #C8729A #C5C872

square

#72C8A0 #7572C8 #C8729A #C5C872

split-complementary

#72C8A0 #C872C5 #C87572

monochromatic

#368A63 #47B682 #72C8A0 #9ED9BE #CAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#72C8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A0

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A0	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.103 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9bc',
    500: '#72c8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a0;
$custom-light: #9fd9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.093,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76724,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A0

secondary

#DBBBCA

accent

#2E6EB7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF6

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A0

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

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