#72C8CA#72C8CA

#72C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.083 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8CA
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -25.43, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 27.02, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0796 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.083 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2503, 49.1472, 63.3364)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8CA #CA7472

analogous

#72CAA0 #72C8CA #729CCA

triadic

#72C8CA #CA72C8 #C8CA72

tetradic

#72C8CA #A072CA #CA7472 #9CCA72

square

#72C8CA #A072CA #CA7472 #9CCA72

split-complementary

#72C8CA #CA729C #CAA072

monochromatic

#358B8D #46B7B9 #72C8CA #9ED9DB #CBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#72C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8CA

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8CA	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.083 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9da',
    500: '#72c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ca;
$custom-light: #a0d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77957,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8CA

secondary

#DCBCBC

accent

#302DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8CA

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

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