#72C0CD#72C0CD

#72C0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.079 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0CD
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -20.64, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 24.97, 214.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.069 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.079 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8044, 45.6816, 64.6238)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0CD #CD7F72

analogous

#72CDAC #72C0CD #7293CD

triadic

#72C0CD #CD72C0 #C0CD72

tetradic

#72C0CD #AC72CD #CD7F72 #93CD72

square

#72C0CD #AC72CD #CD7F72 #93CD72

split-complementary

#72C0CD #CD7293 #CDAC72

monochromatic

#338491 #45ACBD #72C0CD #9FD4DD #CCE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72C0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#72C0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0CD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0CD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.079 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d3dc',
    500: '#72c0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0cd;
$custom-light: #a0d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76221,
    "c": 0.07909,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0CD

secondary

#DEC2BD

accent

#3F2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0CD

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

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