#72CCC8#72CCC8

#72CCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.087 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCC8
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(177, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -27.90, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 28.63, 192.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.085 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.087 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9535, 50.9302, 62.4102)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCC8 #CC7276

analogous

#72CC9B #72CCC8 #72A3CC

triadic

#72CCC8 #C872CC #CCC872

tetradic

#72CCC8 #9B72CC #CC7276 #A3CC72

square

#72CCC8 #9B72CC #CC7276 #A3CC72

split-complementary

#72CCC8 #CC72A3 #CC9B72

monochromatic

#34908C #45BCB6 #72CCC8 #9FDCDA #CCEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#72CCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCC8

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCC8	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)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.087 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd8',
    500: '#72ccc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccc8;
$custom-light: #a0dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCC8

secondary

#964C4F

accent

#2B32BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCC8

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

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