#72CBCD#72CBCD

#72CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.086 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBCD
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -26.15, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 27.76, 199.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0818 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.086 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3105, 50.6939, 65.4591)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBCD #CD7472

analogous

#72CDA2 #72CBCD #729DCD

triadic

#72CBCD #CD72CB #CBCD72

tetradic

#72CBCD #A272CD #CD7472 #9DCD72

square

#72CBCD #A272CD #CD7472 #9DCD72

split-complementary

#72CBCD #CD729D #CDA272

monochromatic

#338F91 #45BABD #72CBCD #9FDCDD #CCECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#72CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBCD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBCD	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.086 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbdc',
    500: '#72cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbcd;
$custom-light: #a0dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.319,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7875,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBCD

secondary

#974D4C

accent

#2E2BBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBCD

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

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