#72AFB2#72AFB2

#72AFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.063 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFB2
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 178)
HSL	hsl(183, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 1.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -18.83, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 20.37, 202.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0593 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.063 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3024, 37.4498, 47.7426)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFB2 #B27572

analogous

#72B295 #72AFB2 #728FB2

triadic

#72AFB2 #B272AF #AFB272

tetradic

#72AFB2 #9572B2 #B27572 #8FB272

square

#72AFB2 #9572B2 #B27572 #8FB272

split-complementary

#72AFB2 #B2728F #B29572

monochromatic

#3C6B6E #529295 #72AFB2 #9AC5C8 #C1DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72AFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#72AFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFB2

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFB2	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.063 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c9',
    500: '#72afb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afb2;
$custom-light: #9dc7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFB2

secondary

#CDB4B3

accent

#6762C6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFB2

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

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