#72BAAA#72BAAA

#72BAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.076 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAAA
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -26.31, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 26.32, 177.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0765 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.076 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7513, 41.5954, 44.3780)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAAA #BA7282

analogous

#72BA86 #72BAAA #72A6BA

triadic

#72BAAA #AA72BA #BAAA72

tetradic

#72BAAA #8672BA #BA7282 #A6BA72

square

#72BAAA #8672BA #BA7282 #A6BA72

split-complementary

#72BAAA #BA72A6 #BA8672

monochromatic

#3A776A #4EA08E #72BAAA #9BCEC3 #C4E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72BAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#72BAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAAA

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAAA	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.076 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc3',
    500: '#72baaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baaa;
$custom-light: #9ecfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAAA

secondary

#D2B6BC

accent

#5D76CA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAAA

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

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