#72BAAB#72BAAB

#72BAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.076 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAAB
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(168, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -26.07, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 26.08, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.076 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.076 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8463, 41.6334, 44.8781)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAAB #BA7281

analogous

#72BA87 #72BAAB #72A5BA

triadic

#72BAAB #AB72BA #BAAB72

tetradic

#72BAAB #8772BA #BA7281 #A5BA72

square

#72BAAB #8772BA #BA7281 #A5BA72

split-complementary

#72BAAB #BA72A5 #BA8772

monochromatic

#3A776B #4EA08F #72BAAB #9BCEC3 #C4E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72BAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#72BAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAAB

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAAB	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.076 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc4',
    500: '#72baab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baab;
$custom-light: #9ecfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73712,
    "c": 0.07603,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAAB

secondary

#D2B6BC

accent

#5D74CA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAAB

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

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