#72CCBC#72CCBC

#72CCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.090 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCBC
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(169, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -30.82, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 30.82, 180.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0902 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.09 181)
XYZ	xyz(37.6058, 50.3911, 55.3120)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCBC #CC7282

analogous

#72CC8F #72CCBC #72AFCC

triadic

#72CCBC #BC72CC #CCBC72

tetradic

#72CCBC #8F72CC #CC7282 #AFCC72

square

#72CCBC #8F72CC #CC7282 #AFCC72

split-complementary

#72CCBC #CC72AF #CC8F72

monochromatic

#34907F #45BCA7 #72CCBC #9FDCD1 #CCEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#72CCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCBC

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCBC	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.090 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd0',
    500: '#72ccbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccbc;
$custom-light: #a0dcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78444,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.50394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCBC

secondary

#964C59

accent

#2B45BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCBC

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

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