#72C3CD#72C3CD

#72C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.081 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3CD
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -22.16, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 25.57, 209.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0725 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.081 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4698, 47.0125, 64.8456)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3CD #CD7C72

analogous

#72CDA9 #72C3CD #7296CD

triadic

#72C3CD #CD72C3 #C3CD72

tetradic

#72C3CD #A972CD #CD7C72 #96CD72

square

#72C3CD #A972CD #CD7C72 #96CD72

split-complementary

#72C3CD #CD7296 #CDA972

monochromatic

#338791 #45B0BD #72C3CD #9FD6DD #CCE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#72C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3CD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3CD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.081 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d5dc',
    500: '#72c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3cd;
$custom-light: #a0d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.593,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76909,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3CD

secondary

#DEC0BD

accent

#3A2BBB

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3CD

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

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