#72C8A9#72C8A9

#72C8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.096 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A9
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(158, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -33.27, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 34.09, 167.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0938 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.096 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7522, 47.7480, 44.9134)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A9 #C87291

analogous

#72C87E #72C8A9 #72BCC8

triadic

#72C8A9 #A972C8 #C8A972

tetradic

#72C8A9 #7E72C8 #C87291 #BCC872

square

#72C8A9 #7E72C8 #C87291 #BCC872

split-complementary

#72C8A9 #C872BC #C87E72

monochromatic

#368A6C #47B68E #72C8A9 #9ED9C4 #CAEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#72C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A9

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A9	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.096 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9c2',
    500: '#72c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a9;
$custom-light: #9fd9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.372,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7696,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A9

secondary

#DBBBC6

accent

#2E60B7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A9

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

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