#72ADAB#72ADAB

#72ADAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.061 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADAB
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -19.51, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 20.16, 194.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0598 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.061 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2311, 36.4030, 44.0064)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADAB #AD7274

analogous

#72AD8E #72ADAB #7292AD

triadic

#72ADAB #AB72AD #ADAB72

tetradic

#72ADAB #8E72AD #AD7274 #92AD72

square

#72ADAB #8E72AD #AD7274 #92AD72

split-complementary

#72ADAB #AD7292 #AD8E72

monochromatic

#3D6867 #538F8D #72ADAB #99C4C2 #BFDAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#72ADAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#72ADAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADAB

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADAB	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.061 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5c4',
    500: '#72adab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adab;
$custom-light: #9dc5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.06137,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADAB

secondary

#CAB1B2

accent

#6568C3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADAB

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

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