#72C8CC#72C8CC

#72C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.084 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8CC
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -24.92, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 26.90, 202.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0787 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.084 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4886, 49.2426, 64.5916)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8CC #CC7672

analogous

#72CCA3 #72C8CC #729BCC

triadic

#72C8CC #CC72C8 #C8CC72

tetradic

#72C8CC #A372CC #CC7672 #9BCC72

square

#72C8CC #A372CC #CC7672 #9BCC72

split-complementary

#72C8CC #CC729B #CCA372

monochromatic

#348C90 #45B6BC #72C8CC #9FDADC #CCEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#72C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8CC

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8CC	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.084 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9db',
    500: '#72c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8cc;
$custom-light: #a0d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78024,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8CC

secondary

#DDBEBC

accent

#322BBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8CC

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

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