#72CBD5#72CBD5

#72CBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.087 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBD5
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -24.08, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 27.50, 208.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0785 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.087 205)
XYZ	xyz(40.3010, 51.0901, 70.6755)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBD5 #D57C72

analogous

#72D5AE #72CBD5 #729AD5

triadic

#72CBD5 #D572CB #CBD572

tetradic

#72CBD5 #AE72D5 #D57C72 #9AD572

square

#72CBD5 #AE72D5 #D57C72 #9AD572

split-complementary

#72CBD5 #D5729A #D5AE72

monochromatic

#2F929E #43BAC7 #72CBD5 #A1DCE3 #D0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#72CBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBD5

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBD5	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DD1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.087 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe1',
    500: '#72cbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbd5;
$custom-light: #a1dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.061,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79022,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.51093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBD5

secondary

#A25249

accent

#3424C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBD5

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

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