#72B2A4#72B2A4

#72B2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.069 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2A4
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -23.71, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 23.72, 178.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0691 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.069 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5582, 38.0967, 40.9106)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2A4 #B27280

analogous

#72B284 #72B2A4 #72A0B2

triadic

#72B2A4 #A472B2 #B2A472

tetradic

#72B2A4 #8472B2 #B27280 #A0B272

square

#72B2A4 #8472B2 #B27280 #A0B272

split-complementary

#72B2A4 #B272A0 #B28472

monochromatic

#3C6E63 #529586 #72B2A4 #9AC8BE #C1DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#72B2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2A4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2A4	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)

#ADABA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.069 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9be',
    500: '#72b2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2a4;
$custom-light: #9dc9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.06913,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2A4

secondary

#CDB3B9

accent

#6278C6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2A4

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

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