#72C5CD#72C5CD

#72C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.082 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5CD
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -23.17, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 26.04, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0748 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.082 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9209, 47.9147, 64.9959)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5CD #CD7A72

analogous

#72CDA8 #72C5CD #7297CD

triadic

#72C5CD #CD72C5 #C5CD72

tetradic

#72C5CD #A872CD #CD7A72 #97CD72

square

#72C5CD #A872CD #CD7A72 #97CD72

split-complementary

#72C5CD #CD7297 #CDA872

monochromatic

#338991 #45B2BD #72C5CD #9FD8DD #CCEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#72C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5CD

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5CD	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.082 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6dc',
    500: '#72c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5cd;
$custom-light: #a0d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.275,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77368,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5CD

secondary

#DEC0BD

accent

#372BBB

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5CD

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

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