#72AFA2#72AFA2

#72AFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.066 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA2
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -22.66, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 22.66, 178.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0662 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.066 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7887, 36.8443, 39.7701)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA2 #AF727F

analogous

#72AF84 #72AFA2 #729EAF

triadic

#72AFA2 #A272AF #AFA272

tetradic

#72AFA2 #8472AF #AF727F #9EAF72

square

#72AFA2 #8472AF #AF727F #9EAF72

split-complementary

#72AFA2 #AF729E #AF8472

monochromatic

#3C6A60 #529184 #72AFA2 #99C5BC #C0DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72AFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#72AFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.066 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7bd',
    500: '#72afa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa2;
$custom-light: #9dc7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.213,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.06619,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA2

secondary

#CBB2B7

accent

#6478C4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA2

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

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