#72C3CA#72C3CA

#72C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.080 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3CA
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -22.94, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 25.56, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0737 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.08 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1112, 46.8690, 62.9567)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3CA #CA7972

analogous

#72CAA5 #72C3CA #7297CA

triadic

#72C3CA #CA72C3 #C3CA72

tetradic

#72C3CA #A572CA #CA7972 #97CA72

square

#72C3CA #A572CA #CA7972 #97CA72

split-complementary

#72C3CA #CA7297 #CAA572

monochromatic

#35868D #46B0B9 #72C3CA #9ED6DB #CBE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#72C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3CA

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3CA	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.080 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d5da',
    500: '#72c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ca;
$custom-light: #a0d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.773,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3CA

secondary

#DCBEBC

accent

#382DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3CA

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

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