#72CBC2#72CBC2

#72CBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.087 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBC2
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -28.89, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 29.15, 187.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0864 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.087 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0291, 50.1813, 58.7105)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBC2 #CB727B

analogous

#72CB96 #72CBC2 #72A7CB

triadic

#72CBC2 #C272CB #CBC272

tetradic

#72CBC2 #9672CB #CB727B #A7CB72

square

#72CBC2 #9672CB #CB727B #A7CB72

split-complementary

#72CBC2 #CB72A7 #CB9672

monochromatic

#348E85 #45BBAF #72CBC2 #9FDBD5 #CBECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#72CBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBC2

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBC2	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ACFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.087 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbd4',
    500: '#72cbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbc2;
$custom-light: #a0dbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.933,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBC2

secondary

#954C54

accent

#2C3AB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBC2

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

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