#72A4AD#72A4AD

#72A4AD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.055 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4AD
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -14.30, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 17.43, 214.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0474 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.055 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7552, 33.1439, 44.4620)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4AD #AD7B72

analogous

#72AD99 #72A4AD #7287AD

triadic

#72A4AD #AD72A4 #A4AD72

tetradic

#72A4AD #9972AD #AD7B72 #87AD72

square

#72A4AD #9972AD #AD7B72 #87AD72

split-complementary

#72A4AD #AD7287 #AD9972

monochromatic

#3D6168 #53868F #72A4AD #99BDC4 #BFD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#72A4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#72A4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4AD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4AD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.055 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbfc5',
    500: '#72a4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4ad;
$custom-light: #9dbfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68655,
    "c": 0.05466,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4AD

secondary

#CAB5B1

accent

#7365C3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4AD

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

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