#72A3A5#72A3A5

#72A3A5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.052 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3A5
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 165)
HSL	hsl(182, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -15.75, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 16.95, 201.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0494 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.052 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8259, 32.4869, 40.4471)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3A5 #A57472

analogous

#72A58E #72A3A5 #728AA5

triadic

#72A3A5 #A572A3 #A3A572

tetradic

#72A3A5 #8E72A5 #A57472 #8AA572

square

#72A3A5 #8E72A5 #A57472 #8AA572

split-complementary

#72A3A5 #A5728A #A58E72

monochromatic

#3D5E60 #558385 #72A3A5 #97BBBD #BDD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#72A3A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#72A3A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3A5

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3A5	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.052 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbebf',
    500: '#72a3a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3a5;
$custom-light: #9cbebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68149,
    "c": 0.05229,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3A5

secondary

#C4AFAF

accent

#6D69BF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F7

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3A5

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

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