#72AFA7#72AFA7

#72AFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.064 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA7
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -21.49, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 21.60, 185.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.064 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.064 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2420, 37.0256, 42.1575)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA7 #AF727A

analogous

#72AF89 #72AFA7 #7299AF

triadic

#72AFA7 #A772AF #AFA772

tetradic

#72AFA7 #8972AF #AF727A #99AF72

square

#72AFA7 #8972AF #AF727A #99AF72

split-complementary

#72AFA7 #AF7299 #AF8972

monochromatic

#3C6A64 #529189 #72AFA7 #99C5BF #C0DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72AFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#72AFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA7

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA7	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.064 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c1',
    500: '#72afa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa7;
$custom-light: #9dc7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.131,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.06431,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA7

secondary

#CBB2B5

accent

#6470C4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA7

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

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