#72CCCD#72CCCD

#72CCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.087 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCCD
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -26.64, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 28.09, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.083 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.087 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5474, 51.1677, 65.5381)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCCD #CD7372

analogous

#72CDA0 #72CCCD #729FCD

triadic

#72CCCD #CD72CC #CCCD72

tetradic

#72CCCD #A072CD #CD7372 #9FCD72

square

#72CCCD #A072CD #CD7372 #9FCD72

split-complementary

#72CCCD #CD729F #CDA072

monochromatic

#339091 #45BCBD #72CCCD #9FDCDD #CCEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#72CCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCCD

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCCD	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.087 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbdc',
    500: '#72cccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cccd;
$custom-light: #a0dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCCD

secondary

#974D4C

accent

#2C2BBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCCD

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

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