#72AAB2#72AAB2

#72AAB2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.060 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAB2
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -16.22, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 19.02, 211.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.053 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.06 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3472, 35.5394, 47.4242)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAB2 #B27A72

analogous

#72B29A #72AAB2 #728AB2

triadic

#72AAB2 #B272AA #AAB272

tetradic

#72AAB2 #9A72B2 #B27A72 #8AB272

square

#72AAB2 #9A72B2 #B27A72 #8AB272

split-complementary

#72AAB2 #B2728A #B29A72

monochromatic

#3C676E #528D95 #72AAB2 #9AC2C8 #C1DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72AAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#72AAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAB2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAB2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.060 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3c9',
    500: '#72aab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aab2;
$custom-light: #9dc3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.05961,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAB2

secondary

#CDB6B3

accent

#6F62C6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAB2

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

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