#72AAA5#72AAA5

#72AAA5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.059 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA5
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -19.40, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 19.68, 189.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0585 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.059 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1033, 35.0418, 40.8729)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA5 #AA7277

analogous

#72AA89 #72AAA5 #7293AA

triadic

#72AAA5 #A572AA #AAA572

tetradic

#72AAA5 #8972AA #AA7277 #93AA72

square

#72AAA5 #8972AA #AA7277 #93AA72

split-complementary

#72AAA5 #AA7293 #AA8972

monochromatic

#3D6561 #548B86 #72AAA5 #98C1BD #BED8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#72AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA5

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA5	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.059 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3bf',
    500: '#72aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa5;
$custom-light: #9dc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.643,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69777,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA5

secondary

#C8B0B2

accent

#676FC1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA5

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

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