#72C8A8#72C8A8

#72C8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.096 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A8
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(158, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -33.48, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 34.41, 166.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0943 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.096 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6587, 47.7106, 44.4209)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A8 #C87292

analogous

#72C87D #72C8A8 #72BDC8

triadic

#72C8A8 #A872C8 #C8A872

tetradic

#72C8A8 #7D72C8 #C87292 #BDC872

square

#72C8A8 #7D72C8 #C87292 #BDC872

split-complementary

#72C8A8 #C872BD #C87D72

monochromatic

#368A6B #47B68D #72C8A8 #9ED9C3 #CAEADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#72C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A8

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A8	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.096 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9c1',
    500: '#72c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a8;
$custom-light: #9fd9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.674,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A8

secondary

#DBBBC7

accent

#2E61B7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A8

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

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