#72CBCE#72CBCE

#72CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.086 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBCE
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -25.89, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 27.69, 200.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0814 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.086 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4316, 50.7423, 66.0969)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBCE #CE7572

analogous

#72CEA3 #72CBCE #729DCE

triadic

#72CBCE #CE72CB #CBCE72

tetradic

#72CBCE #A372CE #CE7572 #9DCE72

square

#72CBCE #A372CE #CE7572 #9DCE72

split-complementary

#72CBCE #CE729D #CEA372

monochromatic

#339093 #45BABE #72CBCE #9FDCDE #CDECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#72CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBCE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBCE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.086 198.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.957,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78783,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBCE

secondary

#994E4B

accent

#2F2ABC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBCE

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

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