#72C8D2#72C8D2

#72C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.084 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8D2
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -23.37, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 26.78, 209.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0763 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.084 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2221, 49.5360, 68.4548)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8D2 #D27C72

analogous

#72D2AC #72C8D2 #7298D2

triadic

#72C8D2 #D272C8 #C8D272

tetradic

#72C8D2 #AC72D2 #D27C72 #98D272

square

#72C8D2 #AC72D2 #D27C72 #98D272

split-complementary

#72C8D2 #D27298 #D2AC72

monochromatic

#318E99 #44B6C3 #72C8D2 #A0DAE1 #CFECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#72C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8D2

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8D2	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.084 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9df',
    500: '#72c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8d2;
$custom-light: #a0d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7823,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8D2

secondary

#E1C2BF

accent

#3626BF

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8D2

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

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