#72ADA2#72ADA2

#72ADA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.064 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADA2
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -21.65, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 21.65, 181.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0636 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.064 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4023, 36.0715, 39.6413)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADA2 #AD727D

analogous

#72AD85 #72ADA2 #729BAD

triadic

#72ADA2 #A272AD #ADA272

tetradic

#72ADA2 #8572AD #AD727D #9BAD72

square

#72ADA2 #8572AD #AD727D #9BAD72

split-complementary

#72ADA2 #AD729B #AD8572

monochromatic

#3D6860 #538F84 #72ADA2 #99C4BC #BFDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72ADA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#72ADA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADA2

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADA2	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ada2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.064 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5bd',
    500: '#72ada2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ada2;
$custom-light: #9dc5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ada2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70385,
    "c": 0.06365,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADA2

secondary

#CAB1B6

accent

#6576C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADA2

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

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