#72AFAA#72AFAA

#72AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.064 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFAA
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -20.78, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 21.11, 190.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0627 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.064 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5225, 37.1378, 43.6351)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFAA #AF7277

analogous

#72AF8C #72AFAA #7296AF

triadic

#72AFAA #AA72AF #AFAA72

tetradic

#72AFAA #8C72AF #AF7277 #96AF72

square

#72AFAA #8C72AF #AF7277 #96AF72

split-complementary

#72AFAA #AF7296 #AF8C72

monochromatic

#3C6A67 #52918C #72AFAA #99C5C2 #C0DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#72AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFAA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFAA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.064 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c3',
    500: '#72afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afaa;
$custom-light: #9dc7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71104,
    "c": 0.06356,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFAA

secondary

#CBB2B4

accent

#646CC4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFAA

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

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