#72CABE#72CABE

#72CABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.087 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CABE
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -29.38, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 29.47, 184.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.087 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.087 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3505, 49.5333, 56.2979)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CABE #CA727E

analogous

#72CA92 #72CABE #72AACA

triadic

#72CABE #BE72CA #CABE72

tetradic

#72CABE #9272CA #CA727E #AACA72

square

#72CABE #9272CA #CA727E #AACA72

split-complementary

#72CABE #CA72AA #CA9272

monochromatic

#358D81 #46B9A9 #72CABE #9EDBD3 #CBEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#72CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CABE

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CABE	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)

#C2C1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.087 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdad1',
    500: '#72cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cabe;
$custom-light: #9fdad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78037,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CABE

secondary

#DCBCC0

accent

#2D40B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF9

border

#CED4D2

text

#0F1514

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CABE

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

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