#72ACA0#72ACA0

#72ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.063 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACA0
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -21.60, 0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 21.60, 179.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0632 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.063 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0349, 35.6189, 38.6488)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACA0 #AC727E

analogous

#72AC83 #72ACA0 #729BAC

triadic

#72ACA0 #A072AC #ACA072

tetradic

#72ACA0 #8372AC #AC727E #9BAC72

square

#72ACA0 #8372AC #AC727E #9BAC72

split-complementary

#72ACA0 #AC729B #AC8372

monochromatic

#3D675E #538E81 #72ACA0 #99C3BA #BFD9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#72ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACA0

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACA0	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.063 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5bc',
    500: '#72aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aca0;
$custom-light: #9dc5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70089,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACA0

secondary

#C9B1B6

accent

#6679C2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACA0

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

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