#72C8D5#72C8D5

#72C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.085 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8D5
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -22.58, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 26.87, 212.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0751 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.085 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5994, 49.6869, 70.4417)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8D5 #D57F72

analogous

#72D5B1 #72C8D5 #7297D5

triadic

#72C8D5 #D572C8 #C8D572

tetradic

#72C8D5 #B172D5 #D57F72 #97D572

square

#72C8D5 #B172D5 #D57F72 #97D572

split-complementary

#72C8D5 #D57297 #D5B172

monochromatic

#2F8F9E #43B6C7 #72C8D5 #A1DAE3 #D0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#72C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8D5

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8D5	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ECFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.085 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d9e1',
    500: '#72c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8d5;
$custom-light: #a1d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78336,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8D5

secondary

#E3C5C0

accent

#3924C2

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8D5

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

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