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#72a896 color: Peacock Silk

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160°
100%

OKLCH

68.8%
0.063
172°
  • ≈ Sage
  • Emerald
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • mist-400
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.71:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.76:1 · AALc 52

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About #72a896

#72a896 is a dusty emerald color. In OKLCH it has 68.8% lightness, 0.063 chroma and a hue of 172°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.71:1 contrast and black text 7.76:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Peacock Silk (#6da893). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mist-400.

More medium emerald colors

Lighter: #72a896 mixed with white

  1. 72a896
  2. 80b1a0
  3. 8eb9aa
  4. 9cc2b4
  5. aacabf
  6. b8d3c9
  7. c6dcd4
  8. d4e4de
  9. e3ede9
  10. f1f6f4

Darker: #72a896 mixed with black

  1. 72a896
  2. 629282
  3. 537c6e
  4. 44675b
  5. 365249
  6. 283f37
  7. 1b2c26
  8. 0e1a16
  9. 040a08
  10. 010101

Calmer: #72a896 with less saturation

  1. 72a896
  2. 77a796
  3. 7ba597
  4. 80a497
  5. 84a398
  6. 88a298
  7. 8ca099
  8. 909f99
  9. 949e9a
  10. 979c9a