#72CA9E#72CA9E

#72CA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CA9E
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(150, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(150, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -36.53, 13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 39.06, 159.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.1011 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.107 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2289, 48.2846, 39.8573)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CA9E #CA729E

analogous

#72CA72 #72CA9E #72CACA

triadic

#72CA9E #9E72CA #CA9E72

tetradic

#72CA9E #7272CA #CA729E #CACA72

square

#72CA9E #7272CA #CA729E #CACA72

split-complementary

#72CA9E #CA72CA #CA7272

monochromatic

#358D61 #46B97F #72CA9E #9EDBBD #CBEBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72CA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#72CA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CA9E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CA9E	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdaba',
    500: '#72ca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ca9e;
$custom-light: #9fdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77151,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CA9E

secondary

#DCBCCC

accent

#2D73B9

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FBF6

border

#CDD4D0

text

#0F1511

muted

#7F8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CA9E

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

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