#72C8CE#72C8CE

#72C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.084 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8CE
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -24.41, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 26.82, 204.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0779 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.084 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7300, 49.3391, 65.8630)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8CE #CE7872

analogous

#72CEA6 #72C8CE #729ACE

triadic

#72C8CE #CE72C8 #C8CE72

tetradic

#72C8CE #A672CE #CE7872 #9ACE72

square

#72C8CE #A672CE #CE7872 #9ACE72

split-complementary

#72C8CE #CE729A #CEA672

monochromatic

#338C93 #45B6BE #72C8CE #9FDADE #CDEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#72C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8CE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8CE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.084 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9dd',
    500: '#72c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ce;
$custom-light: #a0d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78092,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8CE

secondary

#DFBFBD

accent

#332ABC

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8CE

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

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