#72B1AE#72B1AE

#72B1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1AE
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -20.84, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 21.40, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0635 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.065 192)
XYZ	xyz(30.2988, 38.0757, 45.7890)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1AE #B17275

analogous

#72B18F #72B1AE #7295B1

triadic

#72B1AE #AE72B1 #B1AE72

tetradic

#72B1AE #8F72B1 #B17275 #95B172

square

#72B1AE #8F72B1 #B17275 #95B172

split-complementary

#72B1AE #B17295 #B18F72

monochromatic

#3C6D6A #529491 #72B1AE #99C7C5 #C1DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#72B1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1AE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1AE	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8c6',
    500: '#72b1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1ae;
$custom-light: #9dc8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.06495,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1AE

secondary

#CCB3B4

accent

#6367C5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1AE

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

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