#72AAA4#72AAA4

#72AAA4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.059 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA4
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(174, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -19.64, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 19.83, 187.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0589 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.059 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0127, 35.0056, 40.3955)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA4 #AA7278

analogous

#72AA88 #72AAA4 #7294AA

triadic

#72AAA4 #A472AA #AAA472

tetradic

#72AAA4 #8872AA #AA7278 #94AA72

square

#72AAA4 #8872AA #AA7278 #94AA72

split-complementary

#72AAA4 #AA7294 #AA8872

monochromatic

#3D6561 #548B85 #72AAA4 #98C1BD #BED8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#72AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA4

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA4	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.059 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3be',
    500: '#72aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa4;
$custom-light: #9dc3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69745,
    "c": 0.05941,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA4

secondary

#C8B0B3

accent

#6770C1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA4

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

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