#72C8CB#72C8CB

#72C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.083 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8CB
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -25.18, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 26.95, 200.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0792 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.083 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3690, 49.1947, 63.9620)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8CB #CB7572

analogous

#72CBA1 #72C8CB #729CCB

triadic

#72C8CB #CB72C8 #C8CB72

tetradic

#72C8CB #A172CB #CB7572 #9CCB72

square

#72C8CB #A172CB #CB7572 #9CCB72

split-complementary

#72C8CB #CB729C #CBA172

monochromatic

#348B8E #45B7BB #72C8CB #9FD9DB #CBEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#72C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8CB

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8CB	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.083 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9da',
    500: '#72c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8cb;
$custom-light: #a0d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.022,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77991,
    "c": 0.08347,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8CB

secondary

#DDBDBC

accent

#312CB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8CB

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

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