#72AAAA#72AAAA

#72AAAA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.059 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAAA
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -18.20, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 19.12, 197.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0564 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.059 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5673, 35.2274, 43.3167)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAAA #AA7272

analogous

#72AA8E #72AAAA #728EAA

triadic

#72AAAA #AA72AA #AAAA72

tetradic

#72AAAA #8E72AA #AA7272 #8EAA72

square

#72AAAA #8E72AA #AA7272 #8EAA72

split-complementary

#72AAAA #AA728E #AA8E72

monochromatic

#3D6565 #548B8B #72AAAA #98C1C1 #BED8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#72AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAAA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAAA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.059 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3c3',
    500: '#72aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaaa;
$custom-light: #9dc3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6994,
    "c": 0.0586,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAAA

secondary

#C8B0B0

accent

#6767C1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAAA

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

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