#72CCCE#72CCCE

#72CCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.087 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCCE
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -26.39, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 28.01, 199.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0825 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.087 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6685, 51.2162, 66.1759)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCCE #CE7472

analogous

#72CEA2 #72CCCE #729ECE

triadic

#72CCCE #CE72CC #CCCE72

tetradic

#72CCCE #A272CE #CE7472 #9ECE72

square

#72CCCE #A272CE #CE7472 #9ECE72

split-complementary

#72CCCE #CE729E #CEA272

monochromatic

#339193 #45BCBE #72CCCE #9FDCDE #CDEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#72CCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCCE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCCE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.087 197.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79014,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCCE

secondary

#994D4B

accent

#2D2ABC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCCE

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

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