#72A4A5#72A4A5

#72A4A5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.053 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4A5
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 165)
HSL	hsl(181, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -16.27, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 17.29, 199.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0507 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.053 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0041, 32.8435, 40.5065)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4A5 #A57372

analogous

#72A58C #72A4A5 #728BA5

triadic

#72A4A5 #A572A4 #A4A572

tetradic

#72A4A5 #8C72A5 #A57372 #8BA572

square

#72A4A5 #8C72A5 #A57372 #8BA572

split-complementary

#72A4A5 #A5728B #A58C72

monochromatic

#3D5F60 #558485 #72A4A5 #97BCBD #BDD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#72A4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#72A4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4A5

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4A5	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.053 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbfbf',
    500: '#72a4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4a5;
$custom-light: #9cbfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68381,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4A5

secondary

#C4AFAF

accent

#6B69BF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F7

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4A5

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

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