#72C7CF#72C7CF

#72C7CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.083 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7CF
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -23.65, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 26.53, 206.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0764 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.083 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6210, 48.9262, 66.4279)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7CF #CF7A72

analogous

#72CFA8 #72C7CF #7299CF

triadic

#72C7CF #CF72C7 #C7CF72

tetradic

#72C7CF #A872CF #CF7A72 #99CF72

square

#72C7CF #A872CF #CF7A72 #99CF72

split-complementary

#72C7CF #CF7299 #CFA872

monochromatic

#328C94 #44B5BF #72C7CF #A0D9DF #CDEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#72C7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7CF

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7CF	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.083 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8dd',
    500: '#72c7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7cf;
$custom-light: #a0d8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.08324,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7CF

secondary

#DFC1BE

accent

#3629BD

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7CF

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

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