#72A4A4#72A4A4

#72A4A4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.053 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4A4
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(180, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -16.51, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 17.35, 197.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0511 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.053 196)
XYZ	xyz(26.9135, 32.8072, 40.0291)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4A4 #A47272

analogous

#72A48B #72A4A4 #728BA4

triadic

#72A4A4 #A472A4 #A4A472

tetradic

#72A4A4 #8B72A4 #A47272 #8BA472

square

#72A4A4 #8B72A4 #A47272 #8BA472

split-complementary

#72A4A4 #A4728B #A48B72

monochromatic

#3D5F5F #558484 #72A4A4 #97BCBC #BCD4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#72A4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#72A4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4A4

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4A4	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.053 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbfbe',
    500: '#72a4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4a4;
$custom-light: #9cbfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68347,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.32809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4A4

secondary

#C3AEAE

accent

#6A6ABE

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4A4

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

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