#72B2A2#72B2A2

#72B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.070 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2A2
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -24.17, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 24.23, 175.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.07 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.07 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3790, 38.0250, 39.9669)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2A2 #B27282

analogous

#72B282 #72B2A2 #72A2B2

triadic

#72B2A2 #A272B2 #B2A272

tetradic

#72B2A2 #8272B2 #B27282 #A2B272

square

#72B2A2 #8272B2 #B27282 #A2B272

split-complementary

#72B2A2 #B272A2 #B28272

monochromatic

#3C6E61 #529584 #72B2A2 #9AC8BC #C1DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#72B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2A2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2A2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.070 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9bd',
    500: '#72b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2a2;
$custom-light: #9dc9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2A2

secondary

#CDB3B9

accent

#627BC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2A2

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

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