#72AEAA#72AEAA

#72AEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.063 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEAA
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -20.27, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 20.68, 191.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0615 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.063 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3286, 36.7500, 43.5705)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEAA #AE7276

analogous

#72AE8C #72AEAA #7294AE

triadic

#72AEAA #AA72AE #AEAA72

tetradic

#72AEAA #8C72AE #AE7276 #94AE72

square

#72AEAA #8C72AE #AE7276 #94AE72

split-complementary

#72AEAA #AE7294 #AE8C72

monochromatic

#3C6966 #53908C #72AEAA #99C4C1 #C0DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#72AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEAA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEAA	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.063 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6c3',
    500: '#72aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeaa;
$custom-light: #9dc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.06251,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEAA

secondary

#CAB2B3

accent

#646BC3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEAA

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

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