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#72be90

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: Dark Sea Green

Token name suggestion: True Jade

RGB
114, 190, 144
HSL
144°, 37%, 60%
CMYK
40, 0, 24, 26
Luminance
0.4242

#72be90 is a balanced soft green, 144° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.48:1). As text it scores 2.21:1 on white — use #3D8358 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(144 37% 60%)rgb(114 190 144)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #72be90 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#72be90
Hue
144°
green
Saturation
37%
soft
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
65%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4242
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
9.48:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 5.1
Chroma
37.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.739
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 7.2
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue144° of 360°
Saturation37%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #72be90.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red8%
Green87%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#72be90
HEX (8-digit)#72be90ff
RGBrgb(114, 190, 144)
RGBArgba(114, 190, 144, 1)
HSLhsl(144, 37%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144, 40%, 75%)
HWBhwb(144 45% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 24%, 26%)
LABlab(71.2 -33.8 16.0)
LCHlch(71.2 37.4 154.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.739 0.102 156.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(30.38, 42.42, 32.97)
Decimal7519888
Display P3color(display-p3 0.447 0.745 0.565)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #72be90;
background-color: #72be90;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #72be90;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#72be90] bg-[#72be90]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #72be90;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.447, green: 0.745, blue: 0.565)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.447, green: 0.745, blue: 0.565, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#72BE90</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF72BE90)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF72BE90)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(144, 190, 114)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(114, 190, 144)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(114, 190, 144)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 114, 190, 144)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4471f, 0.7451f, 0.5647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{114,190,144}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #72be90 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #72be90 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#28573B, #D5ECDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #72be90 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF4EF;
  --brand-200: #D3E9DC;
  --brand-300: #B2DCC3;
  --brand-400: #8CCAA4;
  --brand-500: #72be90;
  --brand-600: #4DA871;
  --brand-700: #408C5E;
  --brand-800: #33704B;
  --brand-900: #285239;
  --brand-950: #193324;
  --brand: #72be90;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C7E5D3;
  --brand-hover: #5AB37D;
  --brand-pressed: #499F6B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D5ECDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF4EF',
        200: '#D3E9DC',
        300: '#B2DCC3',
        400: '#8CCAA4',
        500: '#72be90',
        600: '#4DA871',
        700: '#408C5E',
        800: '#33704B',
        900: '#285239',
        950: '#193324',
        DEFAULT: '#72be90',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF4EF,
  '200': #D3E9DC,
  '300': #B2DCC3,
  '400': #8CCAA4,
  '500': #72be90,
  '600': #4DA871,
  '700': #408C5E,
  '800': #33704B,
  '900': #285239,
  '950': #193324,
);
$brand-base: #72be90;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E9DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B2DCC3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8CCAA4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#72be90", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4DA871", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#408C5E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#33704B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#285239", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#193324", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #72be90 · 9.48:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.21:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.48:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #72be90 as text scores 2.21:1 on white and 9.48:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #28573B at 3.77:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3D8358 · 4.58:1
AA on white−22% L
#3D8358
The quick fox
#2C6041 · 7.35:1
AAA on white−32% L
#2C6041
The quick fox
#72be90 · 9.48:1
AA on blackalready passes
#72be90
The quick fox
#72be90 · 9.48:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#72be90

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4DA670 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#72be90 on white: 2.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#72be90 on black: 9.48:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #72be90 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #72be90.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.21:1AaAa
Slate 502.12:1AaAa
Slate 1002.02:1AaAa
Slate 2001.80:1AaAa
Slate 3001.49:1AaAa
Slate 4001.16:1AaAa
Slate 5002.15:1AaAa
Slate 6003.42:1AaAa
Slate 7004.68:1AaAa
Slate 8006.61:1AaAa
Slate 9008.06:1AaAa
Black9.48:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BDB38D
deuteranopia · #B1AB93
tritanopia · #62BDB1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #72be90 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF7
#EBF4EF
#D3E9DC
#B2DCC3
#8CCAA4
#72be90
#4DA871
#408C5E
#33704B
#285239
#193324
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #193324Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.025 156.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.041 156.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.061 156.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.079 156.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.093 156.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.102 156.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.102 156.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.096 156.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.085 156.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.071 156.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.056 156.3);
}

Colors that work with #72be90

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C7E5D3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6A
Captions on the surface
Accent#C26EB6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#28573B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#5AB37D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#499F6B
Two steps down
Disabled#C6DACE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#77CE99
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #72be90

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #28573B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4DA670

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight40/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BE72A0
Analogous left#7ABE72
Analogous right#72BEB6
Split-complement 1#B672BE
Split-complement 2#BE727A
Triadic 1#9072BE
Triadic 2#BE9072
Tetradic#727ABE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°144°

#72be90 sits at 144°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.7%
Green74.5%
Blue56.5%
R · 0–255
114
0x72
G · 0–255
190
0xbe
B · 0–255
144
0x90

CMYK percentages

Cyan40.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow24.2%
Key (black)25.5%

Total ink coverage is 90%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#72be90 text on a black background

contrast 9.48:1

Card sample

#72be90 text on a white background

contrast 2.21:1

Card sample

#72be90 on grey

2.02:1

#72be90 on its own surface

2.10:1

#72be90 on its dark surface

7.31:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #72be90;
Background color
Panel with #72be90 background
background-color: #72be90;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #72be90;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(114, 190, 144, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(114, 190, 144, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #72be90;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72be90, #72B9BE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #72be90, #72A6BE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #72be90;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #72be90;
caret-color: #72be90;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #72be90;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #72be90;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#72be90 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #72be90 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(114, 190, 144, 0.5)
rgb(114 190 144 / 50%)
#72be9080
hsl(144 37% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #72be90 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#72be901a#F1F9F4
20%#72be9033#E3F2E9
40%#72be9066#C7E5D3
60%#72be9099#AAD8BC
80%#72be90cc#8ECBA6

Gradients from #72be90

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9CD1B1, #72be90 45%, #28573B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #72be90, #5DA8B4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #72be90, #BE72A0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B1DBC1 0%, #72be90 45%, #28573B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A0CE95 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #87C8C6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #28573B 0%, transparent 65%), #72be90;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #72be90

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#72be90 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.48:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#72be90, answered

What color is #72be90?

#72be90 is a balanced soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 5.1). It sits at 144° on the hue wheel with 37% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #72be90?

rgb(114, 190, 144) — 114 red, 190 green and 144 blue out of 255, or 44.7% / 74.5% / 56.5% by channel.

What is #72be90 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(144, 37%, 60%) and hsv(144, 40%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #72be90 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4242 and perceived brightness is 65%, so black text on it reaches 9.48:1.

Should I use black or white text on #72be90?

Black. It scores 9.48:1 against #72be90, versus 2.21:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #72be90 accessible on a white background?

#72be90 on white scores 2.21:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3D8358 to reach 4.5:1, or #2C6041 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #72be90?

#BE72A0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B672BE and #BE727A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #72be90?

For interface work: #F5FAF7 as the surface, #C7E5D3 for borders, #4B9B6A for secondary text, #C26EB6 as an accent and #28573B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7ABE72 and #72BEB6 stays calm, while #BE72A0 is the loudest partner.

What is #72be90 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(40%, 0%, 24%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #72be90 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #72BE74; nudged cooler, #70C0AD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #72be90?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 7.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #72be90 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #72be90 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#72be90] or text-[#72be90], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #72be90 with 50% opacity?

rgba(114, 190, 144, 0.5), or #72be9080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B9DFC8; over black, #395F48.

Is #72be90 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #72be90 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #72be90?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9CD1B1, #72be90 45%, #28573B). For more colour, a short hue run to #5DA8B4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #72be90 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #72be90 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.