#72C2CA#72C2CA

#72C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.079 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2CA
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -22.44, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 25.30, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0726 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.079 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8879, 46.4224, 62.8822)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2CA #CA7A72

analogous

#72CAA6 #72C2CA #7296CA

triadic

#72C2CA #CA72C2 #C2CA72

tetradic

#72C2CA #A672CA #CA7A72 #96CA72

square

#72C2CA #A672CA #CA7A72 #96CA72

split-complementary

#72C2CA #CA7296 #CAA672

monochromatic

#35858D #46AFB9 #72C2CA #9ED5DB #CBE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#72C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2CA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2CA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.079 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d4da',
    500: '#72c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ca;
$custom-light: #a0d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76575,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2CA

secondary

#DCBFBC

accent

#3A2DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2CA

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

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