#72C0CA#72C0CA

#72C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.078 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0CA
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -21.43, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 24.83, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0702 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.078 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4457, 45.5382, 62.7349)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0CA #CA7C72

analogous

#72CAA8 #72C0CA #7294CA

triadic

#72C0CA #CA72C0 #C0CA72

tetradic

#72C0CA #A872CA #CA7C72 #94CA72

square

#72C0CA #A872CA #CA7C72 #94CA72

split-complementary

#72C0CA #CA7294 #CAA872

monochromatic

#35838D #46ACB9 #72C0CA #9ED4DB #CBE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#72C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0CA

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0CA	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.078 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd3da',
    500: '#72c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0ca;
$custom-light: #9fd3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76115,
    "c": 0.07823,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0CA

secondary

#DCBFBC

accent

#3D2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0CA

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

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