#72AAAF#72AAAF

#72AAAF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.059 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAAF
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(185, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -16.97, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 18.94, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0543 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.059 203)
XYZ	xyz(29.0493, 35.4202, 45.8552)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAAF #AF7772

analogous

#72AF96 #72AAAF #728CAF

triadic

#72AAAF #AF72AA #AAAF72

tetradic

#72AAAF #9672AF #AF7772 #8CAF72

square

#72AAAF #9672AF #AF7772 #8CAF72

split-complementary

#72AAAF #AF728C #AF9672

monochromatic

#3C676A #528C91 #72AAAF #99C2C5 #C0D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#72AAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#72AAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAAF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAAF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BAEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.059 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3c6',
    500: '#72aaaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaaf;
$custom-light: #9dc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70109,
    "c": 0.05895,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.35422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAAF

secondary

#CBB4B2

accent

#6C64C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAAF

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

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