#72C8A5#72C8A5

#72C8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.099 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A5
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(156, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(156, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -34.13, 9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 35.42, 164.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0956 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.099 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3825, 47.6001, 42.9660)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A5 #C87295

analogous

#72C87A #72C8A5 #72C0C8

triadic

#72C8A5 #A572C8 #C8A572

tetradic

#72C8A5 #7A72C8 #C87295 #C0C872

square

#72C8A5 #7A72C8 #C87295 #C0C872

split-complementary

#72C8A5 #C872C0 #C87A72

monochromatic

#368A68 #47B689 #72C8A5 #9ED9C1 #CAEADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#72C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A5

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A5	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.099 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9bf',
    500: '#72c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a5;
$custom-light: #9fd9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.581,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76853,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A5

secondary

#DBBBC8

accent

#2E66B7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A5

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

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