#72C7CA#72C7CA

#72C7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.083 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7CA
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -24.94, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 26.70, 200.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0784 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.083 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0194, 48.6855, 63.2594)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7CA #CA7572

analogous

#72CAA1 #72C7CA #729BCA

triadic

#72C7CA #CA72C7 #C7CA72

tetradic

#72C7CA #A172CA #CA7572 #9BCA72

square

#72C7CA #A172CA #CA7572 #9BCA72

split-complementary

#72C7CA #CA729B #CAA172

monochromatic

#358A8D #46B5B9 #72C7CA #9ED9DB #CBEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#72C7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7CA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7CA	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.083 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8da',
    500: '#72c7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7ca;
$custom-light: #a0d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.045,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77726,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7CA

secondary

#DCBDBC

accent

#322DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7CA

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

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