#72C3CE#72C3CE

#72C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.081 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3CE
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -21.90, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 25.60, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0721 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.081 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5909, 47.0609, 65.4833)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3CE #CE7D72

analogous

#72CEAB #72C3CE #7295CE

triadic

#72C3CE #CE72C3 #C3CE72

tetradic

#72C3CE #AB72CE #CE7D72 #95CE72

square

#72C3CE #AB72CE #CE7D72 #95CE72

split-complementary

#72C3CE #CE7295 #CEAB72

monochromatic

#338793 #45B0BE #72C3CE #9FD6DE #CDEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#72C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3CE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3CE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.081 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d5dd',
    500: '#72c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ce;
$custom-light: #a0d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.174,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76944,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3CE

secondary

#DFC1BD

accent

#3B2ABC

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3CE

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

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