#72AAA0#72AAA0

#72AAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.061 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA0
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(169, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -20.58, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 20.59, 181.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0606 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.061 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6571, 34.8634, 38.5229)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA0 #AA727C

analogous

#72AA84 #72AAA0 #7298AA

triadic

#72AAA0 #A072AA #AAA072

tetradic

#72AAA0 #8472AA #AA727C #98AA72

square

#72AAA0 #8472AA #AA727C #98AA72

split-complementary

#72AAA0 #AA7298 #AA8472

monochromatic

#3D655E #548B81 #72AAA0 #98C1BA #BED8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#72AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#72AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA0

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA0	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.061 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc3bc',
    500: '#72aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa0;
$custom-light: #9cc3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69619,
    "c": 0.06068,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA0

secondary

#C8B0B4

accent

#6777C1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA0

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

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