#72CACA#72CACA

#72CACA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.085 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CACA
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -26.42, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 27.68, 197.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0819 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.085 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7165, 50.0797, 63.4918)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CACA #CA7272

analogous

#72CA9E #72CACA #729ECA

triadic

#72CACA #CA72CA #CACA72

tetradic

#72CACA #9E72CA #CA7272 #9ECA72

square

#72CACA #9E72CA #CA7272 #9ECA72

split-complementary

#72CACA #CA729E #CA9E72

monochromatic

#358D8D #46B9B9 #72CACA #9EDBDB #CBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72CACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#72CACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CACA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CACA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.085 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dada',
    500: '#72caca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caca;
$custom-light: #a0dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CACA

secondary

#944D4D

accent

#2D2DB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CACA

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

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