#72B1AF#72B1AF

#72B1AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1AF
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -20.60, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 21.29, 194.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0631 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.065 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3967, 38.1149, 46.3043)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1AF #B17274

analogous

#72B190 #72B1AF #7294B1

triadic

#72B1AF #AF72B1 #B1AF72

tetradic

#72B1AF #9072B1 #B17274 #94B172

square

#72B1AF #9072B1 #B17274 #94B172

split-complementary

#72B1AF #B17294 #B19072

monochromatic

#3C6D6B #529492 #72B1AF #99C7C5 #C1DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B1AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#72B1AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1AF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1AF	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)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8c6',
    500: '#72b1af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1af;
$custom-light: #9dc8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.06485,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1AF

secondary

#CCB3B3

accent

#6366C5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1AF

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

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