#72ADA5#72ADA5

#72ADA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.063 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADA5
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -20.95, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 21.04, 185.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0623 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.063 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6721, 36.1794, 41.0625)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADA5 #AD727A

analogous

#72AD88 #72ADA5 #7298AD

triadic

#72ADA5 #A572AD #ADA572

tetradic

#72ADA5 #8872AD #AD727A #98AD72

square

#72ADA5 #8872AD #AD727A #98AD72

split-complementary

#72ADA5 #AD7298 #AD8872

monochromatic

#3D6862 #538F87 #72ADA5 #99C4BE #BFDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72ADA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#72ADA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADA5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADA5	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)

#A7A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ada5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.063 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5bf',
    500: '#72ada5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ada5;
$custom-light: #9dc5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ada5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.06259,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADA5

secondary

#CAB1B5

accent

#6572C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADA5

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

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