#72AAA9#72AAA9

#72AAA9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.059 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAA9
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -18.44, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 19.20, 196.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0568 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.059 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4731, 35.1897, 42.8204)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAA9 #AA7273

analogous

#72AA8D #72AAA9 #728FAA

triadic

#72AAA9 #A972AA #AAA972

tetradic

#72AAA9 #8D72AA #AA7273 #8FAA72

square

#72AAA9 #8D72AA #AA7273 #8FAA72

split-complementary

#72AAA9 #AA728F #AA8D72

monochromatic

#3D6564 #548B8A #72AAA9 #98C1C0 #BED8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#72AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAA9

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAA9	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.059 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3c2',
    500: '#72aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaa9;
$custom-light: #9dc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.05864,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAA9

secondary

#C8B0B1

accent

#6768C1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAA9

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

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