#72C8CF#72C8CF

#72C8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.084 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8CF
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -24.15, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 26.79, 205.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0775 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.084 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8519, 49.3879, 66.5048)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8CF #CF7972

analogous

#72CFA7 #72C8CF #7299CF

triadic

#72C8CF #CF72C8 #C8CF72

tetradic

#72C8CF #A772CF #CF7972 #99CF72

square

#72C8CF #A772CF #CF7972 #99CF72

split-complementary

#72C8CF #CF7299 #CFA772

monochromatic

#328D94 #44B6BF #72C8CF #A0DADF #CDECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#72C8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8CF

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8CF	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.084 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9dd',
    500: '#72c8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8cf;
$custom-light: #a0d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78126,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8CF

secondary

#DFC0BE

accent

#3429BD

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8CF

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

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