#72CBC9#72CBC9

#72CBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.086 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBC9
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -27.16, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 28.13, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0835 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.086 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8339, 50.5032, 62.9487)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBC9 #CB7274

analogous

#72CB9D #72CBC9 #72A0CB

triadic

#72CBC9 #C972CB #CBC972

tetradic

#72CBC9 #9D72CB #CB7274 #A0CB72

square

#72CBC9 #9D72CB #CB7274 #A0CB72

split-complementary

#72CBC9 #CB72A0 #CB9D72

monochromatic

#348E8C #45BBB8 #72CBC9 #9FDBDA #CBECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#72CBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBC9

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBC9	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.086 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbd9',
    500: '#72cbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbc9;
$custom-light: #a0dbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.652,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78618,
    "c": 0.08591,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBC9

secondary

#954C4E

accent

#2C2FB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBC9

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

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