#72AFA1#72AFA1

#72AFA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.067 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72AFA1
RGBrgb(114, 175, 161)
HSLhsl(166, 28%, 57%)
HSVhsv(166, 35%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(34.9%, 0%, 8%, 31.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.13, -22.89, 0.93)
CIE-LCHlch(67.13, 22.91, 177.67°)
OKLaboklab(70.82% -0.0666 0.0021)
OKLCHoklch(70.82% 0.067 178.2)
XYZxyz(28.7001, 36.8088, 39.3038)
Luminance0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72AFA1 #AF7280
analogous
#72AF83 #72AFA1 #729FAF
triadic
#72AFA1 #A172AF #AFA172
tetradic
#72AFA1 #8372AF #AF7280 #9FAF72
square
#72AFA1 #8372AF #AF7280 #9FAF72
split-complementary
#72AFA1 #AF729F #AF8372
monochromatic
#3C6A60 #529183 #72AFA1 #99C5BB #C0DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#72AFA1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36
#72AFA1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA1
8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72AFA1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72AFA11.002.518.368.36
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3621.001.001.00
##0000008.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAA8A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A0A2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5FB1AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72afa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.067 178.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7bc',
    500: '#72afa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72afa1;
$custom-light: #9dc7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72afa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.06666,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72AFA1
secondary
#CBB2B8
accent
#647AC4
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F2F8F6
border
#CCD1D0
text
#0E1312
muted
#7E8281

Preview Lab

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#72AFA1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva