#72C2CC#72C2CC

#72C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.080 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2CC
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -21.92, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 25.33, 210.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0717 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.08 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1262, 46.5178, 64.1375)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2CC #CC7C72

analogous

#72CCA9 #72C2CC #7295CC

triadic

#72C2CC #CC72C2 #C2CC72

tetradic

#72C2CC #A972CC #CC7C72 #95CC72

square

#72C2CC #A972CC #CC7C72 #95CC72

split-complementary

#72C2CC #CC7295 #CCA972

monochromatic

#348590 #45AFBC #72C2CC #9FD5DC #CCE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#72C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2CC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2CC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.080 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d4db',
    500: '#72c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2cc;
$custom-light: #a0d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.07979,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2CC

secondary

#DDC0BC

accent

#3B2BBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2CC

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

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