#72C8AA#72C8AA

#72C8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.095 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8AA
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(159, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -33.05, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 33.77, 168.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0934 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.095 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8465, 47.7857, 45.4097)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8AA #C87290

analogous

#72C87F #72C8AA #72BBC8

triadic

#72C8AA #AA72C8 #C8AA72

tetradic

#72C8AA #7F72C8 #C87290 #BBC872

square

#72C8AA #7F72C8 #C87290 #BBC872

split-complementary

#72C8AA #C872BB #C87F72

monochromatic

#368A6D #47B68F #72C8AA #9ED9C5 #CAEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#72C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8AA

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8AA	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.095 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9c3',
    500: '#72c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8aa;
$custom-light: #9fd9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.07,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76987,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8AA

secondary

#DBBBC6

accent

#2E5EB7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8AA

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

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