#72CEAC#72CEAC

#72CEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.102 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEAC
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 172)
HSL	hsl(158, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(158, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -35.40, 8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 36.40, 166.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0996 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.102 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4540, 50.6958, 46.8860)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEAC #CE7294

analogous

#72CE7E #72CEAC #72C2CE

triadic

#72CEAC #AC72CE #CEAC72

tetradic

#72CEAC #7E72CE #CE7294 #C2CE72

square

#72CEAC #7E72CE #CE7294 #C2CE72

split-complementary

#72CEAC #CE72C2 #CE7E72

monochromatic

#33936F #45BE91 #72CEAC #9FDEC7 #CDEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#72CEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEAC

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEAC	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.102 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fddc4',
    500: '#72ceac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceac;
$custom-light: #9fddc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.826,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78463,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEAC

secondary

#994B68

accent

#2A60BC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1512

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEAC

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

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