#72AEAF#72AEAF

#72AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.062 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEAF
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -19.05, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 20.19, 199.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0593 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.062 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8106, 36.9428, 46.1090)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEAF #AF7372

analogous

#72AF92 #72AEAF #7290AF

triadic

#72AEAF #AF72AE #AEAF72

tetradic

#72AEAF #9272AF #AF7372 #90AF72

square

#72AEAF #9272AF #AF7372 #90AF72

split-complementary

#72AEAF #AF7290 #AF9272

monochromatic

#3C6A6A #529091 #72AEAF #99C4C5 #C0DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#72AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEAF

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEAF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.062 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6c6',
    500: '#72aeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeaf;
$custom-light: #9dc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71035,
    "c": 0.06211,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEAF

secondary

#CBB2B2

accent

#6564C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEAF

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

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