#72CEAE#72CEAE

#72CEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.101 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEAE
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(159, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -34.97, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 35.75, 167.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0987 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.101 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6475, 50.7732, 47.9052)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEAE #CE7292

analogous

#72CE80 #72CEAE #72C0CE

triadic

#72CEAE #AE72CE #CEAE72

tetradic

#72CEAE #8072CE #CE7292 #C0CE72

square

#72CEAE #8072CE #CE7292 #C0CE72

split-complementary

#72CEAE #CE72C0 #CE8072

monochromatic

#339371 #45BE94 #72CEAE #9FDEC8 #CDEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#72CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEAE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEAE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.101 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fddc6',
    500: '#72ceae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceae;
$custom-light: #9fddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78516,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEAE

secondary

#994B66

accent

#2A5DBC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEAE

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

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