#72ABA5#72ABA5

#72ABA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.060 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABA5
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(174, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -19.92, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 20.12, 188.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0598 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.06 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2915, 35.4182, 40.9357)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABA5 #AB7278

analogous

#72AB88 #72ABA5 #7294AB

triadic

#72ABA5 #A572AB #ABA572

tetradic

#72ABA5 #8872AB #AB7278 #94AB72

square

#72ABA5 #8872AB #AB7278 #94AB72

split-complementary

#72ABA5 #AB7294 #AB8872

monochromatic

#3D6662 #548C86 #72ABA5 #98C2BD #BFD9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#72ABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#72ABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABA5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABA5	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)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.060 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4bf',
    500: '#72aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aba5;
$custom-light: #9dc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7001,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABA5

secondary

#C8B1B3

accent

#6670C2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABA5

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

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