#72A5AA#72A5AA

#72A5AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.054 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5AA
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -15.58, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 17.51, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0499 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.055 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6478, 33.3884, 43.0102)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5AA #AA7772

analogous

#72AA93 #72A5AA #7289AA

triadic

#72A5AA #AA72A5 #A5AA72

tetradic

#72A5AA #9372AA #AA7772 #89AA72

square

#72A5AA #9372AA #AA7772 #89AA72

split-complementary

#72A5AA #AA7289 #AA9372

monochromatic

#3D6165 #54868B #72A5AA #98BDC1 #BED6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#72A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#72A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5AA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5AA	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.054 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbfc3',
    500: '#72a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5aa;
$custom-light: #9cbfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68781,
    "c": 0.0545,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5AA

secondary

#C8B2B0

accent

#6F67C1

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F7

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5AA

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

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