#72A3AB#72A3AB

#72A3AB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.053 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3AB
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 171)
HSL	hsl(188, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -14.27, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 17.07, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0469 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.053 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3848, 32.7105, 43.3910)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3AB #AB7A72

analogous

#72AB96 #72A3AB #7286AB

triadic

#72A3AB #AB72A3 #A3AB72

tetradic

#72A3AB #9672AB #AB7A72 #86AB72

square

#72A3AB #9672AB #AB7A72 #86AB72

split-complementary

#72A3AB #AB7286 #AB9672

monochromatic

#3D6066 #54848C #72A3AB #98BCC2 #BFD5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#72A3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#72A3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3AB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3AB	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.053 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbec4',
    500: '#72a3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3ab;
$custom-light: #9cbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68355,
    "c": 0.05344,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3AB

secondary

#C8B4B1

accent

#7366C2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3AB

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

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