#72C8CD#72C8CD

#72C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.084 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8CD
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -24.67, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 26.85, 203.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0783 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.084 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6089, 49.2907, 65.2253)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8CD #CD7772

analogous

#72CDA5 #72C8CD #729ACD

triadic

#72C8CD #CD72C8 #C8CD72

tetradic

#72C8CD #A572CD #CD7772 #9ACD72

square

#72C8CD #A572CD #CD7772 #9ACD72

split-complementary

#72C8CD #CD729A #CDA572

monochromatic

#338C91 #45B6BD #72C8CD #9FDADD #CCEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#72C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8CD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8CD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.084 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9dc',
    500: '#72c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8cd;
$custom-light: #a0d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.297,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8CD

secondary

#DEBFBD

accent

#332BBB

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8CD

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

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