#72C2C0#72C2C0

#72C2C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.079 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2C0
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 192)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -24.97, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 25.86, 195.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0767 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.079 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7420, 45.9641, 56.8475)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2C0 #C27274

analogous

#72C298 #72C2C0 #729CC2

triadic

#72C2C0 #C072C2 #C2C072

tetradic

#72C2C0 #9872C2 #C27274 #9CC272

square

#72C2C0 #9872C2 #C27274 #9CC272

split-complementary

#72C2C0 #C2729C #C29872

monochromatic

#388280 #4BACAA #72C2C0 #9DD4D3 #C7E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72C2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#72C2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2C0

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2C0	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.079 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd4d3',
    500: '#72c2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2c0;
$custom-light: #9fd4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2C0

secondary

#D7B9B9

accent

#3336B3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2C0

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

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