#72A5AD#72A5AD

#72A5AD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.055 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5AD
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -14.83, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 17.64, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0487 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.055 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9348, 33.5032, 44.5219)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5AD #AD7A72

analogous

#72AD98 #72A5AD #7288AD

triadic

#72A5AD #AD72A5 #A5AD72

tetradic

#72A5AD #9872AD #AD7A72 #88AD72

square

#72A5AD #9872AD #AD7A72 #88AD72

split-complementary

#72A5AD #AD7288 #AD9872

monochromatic

#3D6268 #53878F #72A5AD #99BEC4 #BFD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#72A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#72A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5AD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5AD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.055 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbfc5',
    500: '#72a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5ad;
$custom-light: #9dbfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68885,
    "c": 0.05523,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5AD

secondary

#CAB5B1

accent

#7265C3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5AD

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

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