#72CAAD#72CAAD

#72CAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.096 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAAD
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(160, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -33.32, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 33.90, 169.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0944 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.096 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5997, 48.8330, 47.0768)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAAD #CA728F

analogous

#72CA81 #72CAAD #72BBCA

triadic

#72CAAD #AD72CA #CAAD72

tetradic

#72CAAD #8172CA #CA728F #BBCA72

square

#72CAAD #8172CA #CA728F #BBCA72

split-complementary

#72CAAD #CA72BB #CA8172

monochromatic

#358D70 #46B993 #72CAAD #9EDBC7 #CBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#72CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAAD

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAAD	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.096 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdac5',
    500: '#72caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caad;
$custom-light: #9fdac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.227,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77543,
    "c": 0.09577,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAAD

secondary

#DCBCC6

accent

#2D5BB9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1512

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAAD

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

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