#72CABC#72CABC

#72CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.088 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CABC
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(170, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -29.86, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 29.89, 182.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0878 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.088 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1335, 49.4465, 55.1545)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CABC #CA7280

analogous

#72CA90 #72CABC #72ACCA

triadic

#72CABC #BC72CA #CABC72

tetradic

#72CABC #9072CA #CA7280 #ACCA72

square

#72CABC #9072CA #CA7280 #ACCA72

split-complementary

#72CABC #CA72AC #CA9072

monochromatic

#358D7F #46B9A7 #72CABC #9EDBD1 #CBEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#72CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CABC

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CABC	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.088 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdad0',
    500: '#72cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cabc;
$custom-light: #9fdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77976,
    "c": 0.08793,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CABC

secondary

#DCBCC1

accent

#2D43B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF9

border

#CED4D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CABC

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

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