#72CBCA#72CBCA

#72CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.086 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBCA
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -26.91, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 28.03, 196.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0831 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.086 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9519, 50.5504, 63.5702)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBCA #CB7273

analogous

#72CB9E #72CBCA #72A0CB

triadic

#72CBCA #CA72CB #CBCA72

tetradic

#72CBCA #9E72CB #CB7273 #A0CB72

square

#72CBCA #9E72CB #CB7273 #A0CB72

split-complementary

#72CBCA #CB72A0 #CB9E72

monochromatic

#348E8D #45BBB9 #72CBCA #9FDBDB #CBECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#72CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBCA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBCA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.086 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbda',
    500: '#72cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbca;
$custom-light: #a0dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7865,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBCA

secondary

#954C4D

accent

#2C2EB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBCA

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

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