#72CBCC#72CBCC

#72CBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.086 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBCC
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -26.40, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 27.84, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0822 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.086 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1902, 50.6458, 64.8255)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBCC #CC7372

analogous

#72CCA0 #72CBCC #729ECC

triadic

#72CBCC #CC72CB #CBCC72

tetradic

#72CBCC #A072CC #CC7372 #9ECC72

square

#72CBCC #A072CC #CC7372 #9ECC72

split-complementary

#72CBCC #CC729E #CCA072

monochromatic

#348F90 #45BABC #72CBCC #9FDCDC #CCECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#72CBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBCC

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBCC	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.086 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbdb',
    500: '#72cbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbcc;
$custom-light: #a0dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78716,
    "c": 0.08576,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBCC

secondary

#964D4C

accent

#2D2BBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBCC

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

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