#72CCCA#72CCCA

#72CCCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.087 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCCA
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -27.40, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 28.38, 195.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0842 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.087 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1888, 51.0243, 63.6492)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCCA #CC7274

analogous

#72CC9D #72CCCA #72A1CC

triadic

#72CCCA #CA72CC #CCCA72

tetradic

#72CCCA #9D72CC #CC7274 #A1CC72

square

#72CCCA #9D72CC #CC7274 #A1CC72

split-complementary

#72CCCA #CC72A1 #CC9D72

monochromatic

#34908E #45BCB9 #72CCCA #9FDCDB #CCEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CCCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#72CCCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCCA

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCCA	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.087 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcda',
    500: '#72ccca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccca;
$custom-light: #a0dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78882,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCCA

secondary

#964C4E

accent

#2B2FBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCCA

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

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