#72B3A2#72B3A2

#72B3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.071 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3A2
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -24.67, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 24.76, 175.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0713 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.071 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5787, 38.4244, 40.0335)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3A2 #B37283

analogous

#72B382 #72B3A2 #72A3B3

triadic

#72B3A2 #A272B3 #B3A272

tetradic

#72B3A2 #8272B3 #B37283 #A3B372

square

#72B3A2 #8272B3 #B37283 #A3B372

split-complementary

#72B3A2 #B372A3 #B38272

monochromatic

#3C6F61 #519784 #72B3A2 #9AC8BC #C2DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72B3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#72B3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3A2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3A2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFABA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.071 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcabd',
    500: '#72b3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3a2;
$custom-light: #9dcabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.308,
    "s": 29.954,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.07145,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3A2

secondary

#CEB3BA

accent

#627CC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3A2

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

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