#72ACAF#72ACAF

#72ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.060 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACAF
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -18.02, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 19.53, 202.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0568 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.06 200)
XYZ	xyz(29.4271, 36.1758, 45.9811)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACAF #AF7572

analogous

#72AF94 #72ACAF #728EAF

triadic

#72ACAF #AF72AC #ACAF72

tetradic

#72ACAF #9472AF #AF7572 #8EAF72

square

#72ACAF #9472AF #AF7572 #8EAF72

split-complementary

#72ACAF #AF728E #AF9472

monochromatic

#3C686A #528E91 #72ACAF #99C3C5 #C0DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#72ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACAF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACAF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.060 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4c6',
    500: '#72acaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acaf;
$custom-light: #9dc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70571,
    "c": 0.06046,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.36178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACAF

secondary

#CBB3B2

accent

#6964C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACAF

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

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