#72CAAF#72CAAF

#72CAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAAF
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(162, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -32.87, 5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 33.29, 170.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0935 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.094 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7947, 48.9109, 48.1037)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAAF #CA728D

analogous

#72CA83 #72CAAF #72B9CA

triadic

#72CAAF #AF72CA #CAAF72

tetradic

#72CAAF #8372CA #CA728D #B9CA72

square

#72CAAF #8372CA #CA728D #B9CA72

split-complementary

#72CAAF #CA72B9 #CA8372

monochromatic

#358D72 #46B996 #72CAAF #9EDBC8 #CBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#72CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAAF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAAF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 171.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.591,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAAF

secondary

#DCBCC6

accent

#2D58B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAAF

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

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