#72C8D4#72C8D4

#72C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.085 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8D4
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -22.84, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 26.83, 211.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0755 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.085 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4728, 49.6362, 69.7753)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8D4 #D47E72

analogous

#72D4AF #72C8D4 #7297D4

triadic

#72C8D4 #D472C8 #C8D472

tetradic

#72C8D4 #AF72D4 #D47E72 #97D472

square

#72C8D4 #AF72D4 #D47E72 #97D472

split-complementary

#72C8D4 #D47297 #D4AF72

monochromatic

#308F9C #43B6C6 #72C8D4 #A1DAE2 #D0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#72C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8D4

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8D4	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FCFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.085 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9e1',
    500: '#72c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8d4;
$custom-light: #a0d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8D4

secondary

#E2C4C0

accent

#3825C1

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8D4

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

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