#72B0AF#72B0AF

#72B0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.064 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0AF
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 175)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -20.08, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 20.91, 196.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0619 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.064 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1999, 37.7213, 46.2387)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0AF #B07273

analogous

#72B090 #72B0AF #7292B0

triadic

#72B0AF #AF72B0 #B0AF72

tetradic

#72B0AF #9072B0 #B07273 #92B072

square

#72B0AF #9072B0 #B07273 #92B072

split-complementary

#72B0AF #B07292 #B09072

monochromatic

#3C6B6B #529392 #72B0AF #99C6C5 #C0DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72B0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#72B0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0AF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0AF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.064 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc7c6',
    500: '#72b0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0af;
$custom-light: #9dc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 28.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71499,
    "c": 0.0639,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0AF

secondary

#CCB2B3

accent

#6365C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0AF

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

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