#72B4AF#72B4AF

#72B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.068 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4AF
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -22.12, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 22.50, 190.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0669 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.068 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9957, 39.3130, 46.5040)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4AF #B47277

analogous

#72B48E #72B4AF #7298B4

triadic

#72B4AF #AF72B4 #B4AF72

tetradic

#72B4AF #8E72B4 #B47277 #98B472

square

#72B4AF #8E72B4 #B47277 #98B472

split-complementary

#72B4AF #B47298 #B48E72

monochromatic

#3C706C #519893 #72B4AF #9AC9C6 #C2DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#72B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4AF

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4AF	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.068 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcac6',
    500: '#72b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4af;
$custom-light: #9dcac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.455,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.06783,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4AF

secondary

#CEB4B6

accent

#6169C7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4AF

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

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