#72C8A1#72C8A1

#72C8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.102 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A1
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(153, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(153, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 19.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -34.98, 11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 36.82, 161.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0974 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.102 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0241, 47.4567, 41.0785)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A1 #C87299

analogous

#72C876 #72C8A1 #72C4C8

triadic

#72C8A1 #A172C8 #C8A172

tetradic

#72C8A1 #7672C8 #C87299 #C4C872

square

#72C8A1 #7672C8 #C87299 #C4C872

split-complementary

#72C8A1 #C872C4 #C87672

monochromatic

#368A64 #47B684 #72C8A1 #9ED9BE #CAEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#72C8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A1

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A1	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.102 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9bc',
    500: '#72c8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a1;
$custom-light: #9fd9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.791,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76749,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A1

secondary

#DBBBC9

accent

#2E6CB7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF6

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A1

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

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