#72CBCB#72CBCB

#72CBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.086 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBCB
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 203)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -26.66, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 27.93, 197.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0826 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.086 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0706, 50.5980, 64.1958)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBCB #CB7272

analogous

#72CB9F #72CBCB #729FCB

triadic

#72CBCB #CB72CB #CBCB72

tetradic

#72CBCB #9F72CB #CB7272 #9FCB72

square

#72CBCB #9F72CB #CB7272 #9FCB72

split-complementary

#72CBCB #CB729F #CB9F72

monochromatic

#348E8E #45BBBB #72CBCB #9FDBDB #CBECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#72CBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBCB

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBCB	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.086 195.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78683,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBCB

secondary

#954C4C

accent

#2C2CB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBCB

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

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