#72BAAE#72BAAE

#72BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.075 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAAE
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -25.37, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 25.39, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0747 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.075 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1354, 41.7490, 46.4012)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAAE #BA727E

analogous

#72BA8A #72BAAE #72A2BA

triadic

#72BAAE #AE72BA #BAAE72

tetradic

#72BAAE #8A72BA #BA727E #A2BA72

square

#72BAAE #8A72BA #BA727E #A2BA72

split-complementary

#72BAAE #BA72A2 #BA8A72

monochromatic

#3A776D #4EA093 #72BAAE #9BCEC6 #C4E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#72BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAAE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAAE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.075 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc6',
    500: '#72baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baae;
$custom-light: #9ecfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAAE

secondary

#D2B6BA

accent

#5D70CA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAAE

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

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