#72B2A5#72B2A5

#72B2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.069 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2A5
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -23.48, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 23.48, 179.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0687 0)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.069 180)
XYZ	xyz(29.6489, 38.1330, 41.3881)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2A5 #B2727F

analogous

#72B285 #72B2A5 #729FB2

triadic

#72B2A5 #A572B2 #B2A572

tetradic

#72B2A5 #8572B2 #B2727F #9FB272

square

#72B2A5 #8572B2 #B2727F #9FB272

split-complementary

#72B2A5 #B2729F #B28572

monochromatic

#3C6E64 #529588 #72B2A5 #9AC8BE #C1DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72B2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#72B2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2A5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2A5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.069 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9bf',
    500: '#72b2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2a5;
$custom-light: #9dc9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.813,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2A5

secondary

#CDB3B8

accent

#6276C6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2A5

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

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