#72AFA0#72AFA0

#72AFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.067 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA0
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 160)
HSL	hsl(165, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -23.12, 1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 23.16, 176.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0671 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.067 177)
XYZ	xyz(28.6123, 36.7737, 38.8413)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA0 #AF7281

analogous

#72AF82 #72AFA0 #72A0AF

triadic

#72AFA0 #A072AF #AFA072

tetradic

#72AFA0 #8272AF #AF7281 #A0AF72

square

#72AFA0 #8272AF #AF7281 #A0AF72

split-complementary

#72AFA0 #AF72A0 #AF8272

monochromatic

#3C6A5F #529182 #72AFA0 #99C5BA #C0DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72AFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#72AFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA0	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.067 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7bc',
    500: '#72afa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa0;
$custom-light: #9dc7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70794,
    "c": 0.06716,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA0

secondary

#CBB2B8

accent

#647BC4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA0

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

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