#72AFA4#72AFA4

#72AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.065 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA4
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -22.20, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 22.21, 181.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0653 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.065 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9678, 36.9159, 40.7138)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA4 #AF727D

analogous

#72AF86 #72AFA4 #729CAF

triadic

#72AFA4 #A472AF #AFA472

tetradic

#72AFA4 #8672AF #AF727D #9CAF72

square

#72AFA4 #8672AF #AF727D #9CAF72

split-complementary

#72AFA4 #AF729C #AF8672

monochromatic

#3C6A62 #529186 #72AFA4 #99C5BD #C0DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#72AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA4	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#AAA8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.065 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7be',
    500: '#72afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa4;
$custom-light: #9dc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.06535,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA4

secondary

#CBB2B6

accent

#6475C4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA4

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

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