#72A8AF#72A8AF

#72A8AF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.058 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8AF
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -15.92, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 18.42, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0517 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.058 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6773, 34.6761, 45.7312)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8AF #AF7972

analogous

#72AF98 #72A8AF #728AAF

triadic

#72A8AF #AF72A8 #A8AF72

tetradic

#72A8AF #9872AF #AF7972 #8AAF72

square

#72A8AF #9872AF #AF7972 #8AAF72

split-complementary

#72A8AF #AF728A #AF9872

monochromatic

#3C656A #528A91 #72A8AF #99C0C5 #C0D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#72A8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#72A8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8AF

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8AF	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.058 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc2c6',
    500: '#72a8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8af;
$custom-light: #9dc2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.885,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69647,
    "c": 0.0576,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8AF

secondary

#CBB5B2

accent

#6F64C4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8AF

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