#72CAAA#72CAAA

#72CAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.098 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAAA
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 170)
HSL	hsl(158, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(158, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -33.98, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 34.86, 167.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0957 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.098 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3127, 48.7181, 45.5651)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAAA #CA7292

analogous

#72CA7E #72CAAA #72BECA

triadic

#72CAAA #AA72CA #CAAA72

tetradic

#72CAAA #7E72CA #CA7292 #BECA72

square

#72CAAA #7E72CA #CA7292 #BECA72

split-complementary

#72CAAA #CA72BE #CA7E72

monochromatic

#358D6D #46B98F #72CAAA #9EDBC5 #CBEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72CAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#72CAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAAA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAAA	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.098 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdac3',
    500: '#72caaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caaa;
$custom-light: #9fdac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77461,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAAA

secondary

#DCBCC7

accent

#2D60B9

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FBF7

border

#CDD4D0

text

#0F1512

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAAA

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

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