#72AAA6#72AAA6

#72AAA6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.059 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA6
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -19.17, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 19.54, 191.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.058 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.059 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1947, 35.0784, 41.3542)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA6 #AA7276

analogous

#72AA8A #72AAA6 #7292AA

triadic

#72AAA6 #A672AA #AAA672

tetradic

#72AAA6 #8A72AA #AA7276 #92AA72

square

#72AAA6 #8A72AA #AA7276 #92AA72

split-complementary

#72AAA6 #AA7292 #AA8A72

monochromatic

#3D6562 #548B87 #72AAA6 #98C1BE #BED8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#72AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA6

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA6	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.059 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3c0',
    500: '#72aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa6;
$custom-light: #9dc3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69809,
    "c": 0.05899,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA6

secondary

#C8B0B2

accent

#676DC1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA6

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

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