#72CBD2#72CBD2

#72CBD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.086 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBD2
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -24.86, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 27.52, 205.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0798 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.086 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9237, 50.9392, 68.6887)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBD2 #D27972

analogous

#72D2A9 #72CBD2 #729BD2

triadic

#72CBD2 #D272CB #CBD272

tetradic

#72CBD2 #A972D2 #D27972 #9BD272

square

#72CBD2 #A972D2 #D27972 #9BD272

split-complementary

#72CBD2 #D2729B #D2A972

monochromatic

#319199 #44BAC3 #72CBD2 #A0DCE1 #CFEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#72CBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBD2

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBD2	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FD1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.086 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbdf',
    500: '#72cbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbd2;
$custom-light: #a1dbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.375,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78919,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBD2

secondary

#9E504A

accent

#3226BF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBD2

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

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