#72AFA5#72AFA5

#72AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.065 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA5
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -21.96, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 21.99, 182.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0649 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.065 183)
XYZ	xyz(29.0585, 36.9522, 41.1913)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA5 #AF727C

analogous

#72AF87 #72AFA5 #729BAF

triadic

#72AFA5 #A572AF #AFA572

tetradic

#72AFA5 #8772AF #AF727C #9BAF72

square

#72AFA5 #8772AF #AF727C #9BAF72

split-complementary

#72AFA5 #AF729B #AF8772

monochromatic

#3C6A63 #529187 #72AFA5 #99C5BE #C0DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#72AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA5	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.065 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7bf',
    500: '#72afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa5;
$custom-light: #9dc7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70946,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.36954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA5

secondary

#CBB2B6

accent

#6474C4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA5

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

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