#72A79F#72A79F

#72A79F is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.057 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A79F
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 159)
HSL	hsl(171, 23%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 32%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -19.26, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 19.32, 184.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0572 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.057 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0140, 33.7166, 37.8787)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A79F #A7727A

analogous

#72A784 #72A79F #7295A7

triadic

#72A79F #9F72A7 #A79F72

tetradic

#72A79F #8472A7 #A7727A #95A772

square

#72A79F #8472A7 #A7727A #95A772

split-complementary

#72A79F #A77295 #A78472

monochromatic

#3D625C #548780 #72A79F #98BFB9 #BDD6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#72A79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#72A79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A79F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A79F	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.057 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc1bb',
    500: '#72a79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a79f;
$custom-light: #9cc1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 23.144,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68885,
    "c": 0.05733,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A79F

secondary

#C6AFB3

accent

#6875C0

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A79F

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

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