#72CCCC#72CCCC

#72CCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.087 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCCC
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -26.89, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 28.18, 197.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0834 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.087 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4271, 51.1196, 64.9044)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCCC #CC7272

analogous

#72CC9F #72CCCC #729FCC

triadic

#72CCCC #CC72CC #CCCC72

tetradic

#72CCCC #9F72CC #CC7272 #9FCC72

square

#72CCCC #9F72CC #CC7272 #9FCC72

split-complementary

#72CCCC #CC729F #CC9F72

monochromatic

#349090 #45BCBC #72CCCC #9FDCDC #CCEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#72CCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCCC

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#C2C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.087 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcdb',
    500: '#72cccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cccc;
$custom-light: #a0dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCCC

secondary

#964C4C

accent

#2B2BBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCCC

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

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