#72C8D3#72C8D3

#72C8D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.085 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8D3
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 211)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 5.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -23.11, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 26.80, 210.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0759 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.085 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3471, 49.5859, 69.1130)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8D3 #D37D72

analogous

#72D3AD #72C8D3 #7297D3

triadic

#72C8D3 #D372C8 #C8D372

tetradic

#72C8D3 #AD72D3 #D37D72 #97D372

square

#72C8D3 #AD72D3 #D37D72 #97D372

split-complementary

#72C8D3 #D37297 #D3AD72

monochromatic

#308E9A #43B6C4 #72C8D3 #A1DAE2 #CFECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#72C8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8D3

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8D3	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FCECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.085 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9e0',
    500: '#72c8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8d3;
$custom-light: #a0d9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.804,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78265,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8D3

secondary

#E2C3BF

accent

#3726C0

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8D3

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

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