#72BAAF#72BAAF

#72BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.074 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAAF
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(171, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -25.13, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 25.18, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0743 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.074 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2333, 41.7882, 46.9165)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAAF #BA727D

analogous

#72BA8B #72BAAF #72A1BA

triadic

#72BAAF #AF72BA #BAAF72

tetradic

#72BAAF #8B72BA #BA727D #A1BA72

square

#72BAAF #8B72BA #BA727D #A1BA72

split-complementary

#72BAAF #BA72A1 #BA8B72

monochromatic

#3A776E #4EA094 #72BAAF #9BCEC6 #C4E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#72BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAAF

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAAF	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.074 183.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73833,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAAF

secondary

#D2B6BA

accent

#5D6ECA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAAF

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

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