#72AAA1#72AAA1

#72AAA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.060 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA1
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 161)
HSL	hsl(170, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -20.34, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 20.38, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0602 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.06 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7449, 34.8985, 38.9854)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA1 #AA727B

analogous

#72AA85 #72AAA1 #7297AA

triadic

#72AAA1 #A172AA #AAA172

tetradic

#72AAA1 #8572AA #AA727B #97AA72

square

#72AAA1 #8572AA #AA727B #97AA72

split-complementary

#72AAA1 #AA7297 #AA8572

monochromatic

#3D655E #548B82 #72AAA1 #98C1BA #BED8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#72AAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#72AAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA1

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA1	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.060 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc3bc',
    500: '#72aaa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa1;
$custom-light: #9cc3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.357,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6965,
    "c": 0.06032,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA1

secondary

#C8B0B4

accent

#6775C1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA1

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

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