#72A899#72A899

#72A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.061 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A899
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 32%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -21.15, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 21.25, 174.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0611 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.061 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6899, 33.8811, 35.2642)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A899 #A87281

analogous

#72A87E #72A899 #729CA8

triadic

#72A899 #9972A8 #A89972

tetradic

#72A899 #7E72A8 #A87281 #9CA872

square

#72A899 #7E72A8 #A87281 #9CA872

split-complementary

#72A899 #A8729C #A87E72

monochromatic

#3D6358 #54897A #72A899 #98BFB4 #BED7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#72A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#72A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A899

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A899	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.061 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc2b7',
    500: '#72a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a899;
$custom-light: #9cc2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 23.684,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68937,
    "c": 0.06133,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A899

secondary

#C6B0B6

accent

#6880C0

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A899

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

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