#72A4AB#72A4AB

#72A4AB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.054 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4AB
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -14.80, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 17.29, 211.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0482 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.054 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5631, 33.0670, 43.4504)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4AB #AB7972

analogous

#72AB95 #72A4AB #7287AB

triadic

#72A4AB #AB72A4 #A4AB72

tetradic

#72A4AB #9572AB #AB7972 #87AB72

square

#72A4AB #9572AB #AB7972 #87AB72

split-complementary

#72A4AB #AB7287 #AB9572

monochromatic

#3D6166 #54858C #72A4AB #98BDC2 #BFD6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#72A4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#72A4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4AB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4AB	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.054 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbfc4',
    500: '#72a4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4ab;
$custom-light: #9cbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.368,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68585,
    "c": 0.05405,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4AB

secondary

#C8B3B1

accent

#7166C2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4AB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →