#72AFAF#72AFAF

#72AFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.063 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFAF
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(180, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -19.57, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 20.54, 197.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0606 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.063 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0045, 37.3306, 46.1736)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFAF #AF7272

analogous

#72AF91 #72AFAF #7291AF

triadic

#72AFAF #AF72AF #AFAF72

tetradic

#72AFAF #9172AF #AF7272 #91AF72

square

#72AFAF #9172AF #AF7272 #91AF72

split-complementary

#72AFAF #AF7291 #AF9172

monochromatic

#3C6A6A #529191 #72AFAF #99C5C5 #C0DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72AFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#72AFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFAF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFAF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.063 195.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.06299,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFAF

secondary

#CBB2B2

accent

#6464C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFAF

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

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