#72AFA8#72AFA8

#72AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.064 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFA8
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -21.26, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 21.42, 187.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0636 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.064 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3348, 37.0627, 42.6463)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFA8 #AF7279

analogous

#72AF8A #72AFA8 #7298AF

triadic

#72AFA8 #A872AF #AFA872

tetradic

#72AFA8 #8A72AF #AF7279 #98AF72

square

#72AFA8 #8A72AF #AF7279 #98AF72

split-complementary

#72AFA8 #AF7298 #AF8A72

monochromatic

#3C6A65 #52918A #72AFA8 #99C5C0 #C0DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#72AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFA8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFA8	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)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.064 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c1',
    500: '#72afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afa8;
$custom-light: #9dc7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7104,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFA8

secondary

#CBB2B5

accent

#646FC4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFA8

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

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