#72AAA8#72AAA8

#72AAA8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.059 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA8
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -18.69, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 19.30, 194.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0572 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.059 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3796, 35.1523, 42.3279)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA8 #AA7274

analogous

#72AA8C #72AAA8 #7290AA

triadic

#72AAA8 #A872AA #AAA872

tetradic

#72AAA8 #8C72AA #AA7274 #90AA72

square

#72AAA8 #8C72AA #AA7274 #90AA72

split-complementary

#72AAA8 #AA7290 #AA8C72

monochromatic

#3D6563 #548B89 #72AAA8 #98C1C0 #BED8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#72AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA8	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.059 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3c1',
    500: '#72aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa8;
$custom-light: #9dc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.05872,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA8

secondary

#C8B0B1

accent

#676AC1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA8

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

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