#72AFA3#72AFA3

#72AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.066 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA3
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(168, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -22.43, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 22.43, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0657 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.066 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8779, 36.8800, 40.2401)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA3 #AF727E

analogous

#72AF85 #72AFA3 #729DAF

triadic

#72AFA3 #A372AF #AFA372

tetradic

#72AFA3 #8572AF #AF727E #9DAF72

square

#72AFA3 #8572AF #AF727E #9DAF72

split-complementary

#72AFA3 #AF729D #AF8572

monochromatic

#3C6A61 #529185 #72AFA3 #99C5BC #C0DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#72AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA3

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA3	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.066 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7be',
    500: '#72afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa3;
$custom-light: #9dc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70885,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA3

secondary

#CBB2B7

accent

#6477C4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA3

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

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