#72C5CC#72C5CC

#72C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.082 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5CC
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -23.43, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 26.05, 205.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0753 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.082 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8006, 47.8666, 64.3623)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5CC #CC7972

analogous

#72CCA6 #72C5CC #7298CC

triadic

#72C5CC #CC72C5 #C5CC72

tetradic

#72C5CC #A672CC #CC7972 #98CC72

square

#72C5CC #A672CC #CC7972 #98CC72

split-complementary

#72C5CC #CC7298 #CCA672

monochromatic

#348990 #45B3BC #72C5CC #9FD7DC #CCEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#72C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5CC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5CC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.082 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6db',
    500: '#72c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5cc;
$custom-light: #a0d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77333,
    "c": 0.08154,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5CC

secondary

#DDBFBC

accent

#362BBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5CC

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

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