#72C0C0#72C0C0

#72C0C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.077 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0C0
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 192)
HSL	hsl(180, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -23.98, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 25.14, 197.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0743 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.077 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2999, 45.0798, 56.7001)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0C0 #C07272

analogous

#72C099 #72C0C0 #7299C0

triadic

#72C0C0 #C072C0 #C0C072

tetradic

#72C0C0 #9972C0 #C07272 #99C072

square

#72C0C0 #9972C0 #C07272 #99C072

split-complementary

#72C0C0 #C07299 #C09972

monochromatic

#397F7F #4CA9A9 #72C0C0 #9CD3D3 #C7E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72C0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#72C0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0C0

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0C0	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.077 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd3d3',
    500: '#72c0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0c0;
$custom-light: #9fd3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0C0

secondary

#D6B8B8

accent

#5A5ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0C0

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

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