#72C8A3#72C8A3

#72C8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.100 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A3
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 163)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(154, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 18.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -34.56, 10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 36.11, 163.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0965 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.1 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2018, 47.5279, 42.0148)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A3 #C87297

analogous

#72C878 #72C8A3 #72C2C8

triadic

#72C8A3 #A372C8 #C8A372

tetradic

#72C8A3 #7872C8 #C87297 #C2C872

square

#72C8A3 #7872C8 #C87297 #C2C872

split-complementary

#72C8A3 #C872C2 #C87872

monochromatic

#368A66 #47B686 #72C8A3 #9ED9C0 #CAEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#72C8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A3

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A3	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.100 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9be',
    500: '#72c8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a3;
$custom-light: #9fd9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.186,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A3

secondary

#DBBBC9

accent

#2E69B7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF6

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A3

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

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