#72AB9D#72AB9D

#72AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.063 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AB9D
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -21.78, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 21.81, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0632 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.063 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5860, 35.1360, 37.2201)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AB9D #AB7280

analogous

#72AB80 #72AB9D #729CAB

triadic

#72AB9D #9D72AB #AB9D72

tetradic

#72AB9D #8072AB #AB7280 #9CAB72

square

#72AB9D #8072AB #AB7280 #9CAB72

split-complementary

#72AB9D #AB729C #AB8072

monochromatic

#3D665C #548C7E #72AB9D #98C2B8 #BFD9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#72AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AB9D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AB9D	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A7A49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.063 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc4b9',
    500: '#72ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ab9d;
$custom-light: #9cc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69763,
    "c": 0.06332,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AB9D

secondary

#C8B1B6

accent

#667DC2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AB9D

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

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