#72AFAE#72AFAE

#72AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.063 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFAE
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -19.81, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 20.63, 196.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.061 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.063 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9067, 37.2915, 45.6583)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFAE #AF7273

analogous

#72AF90 #72AFAE #7292AF

triadic

#72AFAE #AE72AF #AFAE72

tetradic

#72AFAE #9072AF #AF7273 #92AF72

square

#72AFAE #9072AF #AF7273 #92AF72

split-complementary

#72AFAE #AF7292 #AF9072

monochromatic

#3C6A6A #529190 #72AFAE #99C5C4 #C0DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#72AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFAE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFAE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.063 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c6',
    500: '#72afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afae;
$custom-light: #9dc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71234,
    "c": 0.06304,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFAE

secondary

#CBB2B2

accent

#6465C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFAE

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

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