#72AE9D#72AE9D

#72AE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.067 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE9D
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -23.29, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 23.44, 173.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0671 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.067 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1591, 36.2822, 37.4111)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE9D #AE7283

analogous

#72AE7F #72AE9D #72A1AE

triadic

#72AE9D #9D72AE #AE9D72

tetradic

#72AE9D #7F72AE #AE7283 #A1AE72

square

#72AE9D #7F72AE #AE7283 #A1AE72

split-complementary

#72AE9D #AE72A1 #AE7F72

monochromatic

#3C695C #53907F #72AE9D #99C4B8 #C0DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#72AE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#72AE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE9D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE9D	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.067 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6b9',
    500: '#72ae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae9d;
$custom-light: #9dc6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7047,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE9D

secondary

#CAB2B9

accent

#647FC3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE9D

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

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