#72CAAE#72CAAE

#72CAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.095 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAAE
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(161, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -33.10, 5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 33.59, 170.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.094 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.095 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6968, 48.8718, 47.5883)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAAE #CA728E

analogous

#72CA82 #72CAAE #72BACA

triadic

#72CAAE #AE72CA #CAAE72

tetradic

#72CAAE #8272CA #CA728E #BACA72

square

#72CAAE #8272CA #CA728E #BACA72

split-complementary

#72CAAE #CA72BA #CA8272

monochromatic

#358D71 #46B994 #72CAAE #9EDBC8 #CBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72CAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#72CAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAAE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAAE	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)

#C5C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.095 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdac6',
    500: '#72caae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caae;
$custom-light: #9fdac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7757,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAAE

secondary

#DCBCC6

accent

#2D59B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAAE

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

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