#72CACE#72CACE

#72CACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.085 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CACE
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -25.40, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 27.39, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0802 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.085 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1962, 50.2716, 66.0184)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CACE #CE7672

analogous

#72CEA4 #72CACE #729CCE

triadic

#72CACE #CE72CA #CACE72

tetradic

#72CACE #A472CE #CE7672 #9CCE72

square

#72CACE #A472CE #CE7672 #9CCE72

split-complementary

#72CACE #CE729C #CEA472

monochromatic

#338E93 #45B9BE #72CACE #9FDBDE #CDECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#72CACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CACE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CACE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.085 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dadc',
    500: '#72cace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cace;
$custom-light: #a0dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CACE

secondary

#994F4B

accent

#302ABC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CACE

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

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