#72ACAA#72ACAA

#72ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.060 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACAA
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -19.24, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 19.87, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0589 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.06 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9451, 35.9830, 43.4426)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACAA #AC7274

analogous

#72AC8D #72ACAA #7291AC

triadic

#72ACAA #AA72AC #ACAA72

tetradic

#72ACAA #8D72AC #AC7274 #91AC72

square

#72ACAA #8D72AC #AC7274 #91AC72

split-complementary

#72ACAA #AC7291 #AC8D72

monochromatic

#3D6766 #538E8B #72ACAA #99C3C1 #BFD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#72ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACAA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACAA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.060 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5c3',
    500: '#72acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acaa;
$custom-light: #9dc5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACAA

secondary

#C9B1B2

accent

#6669C2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACAA

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

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