#72CCD7#72CCD7

#72CCD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.088 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCD7
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -24.05, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 27.75, 209.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0789 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.088 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7933, 51.6661, 72.0997)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCD7 #D77D72

analogous

#72D7B0 #72CCD7 #7299D7

triadic

#72CCD7 #D772CC #CCD772

tetradic

#72CCD7 #B072D7 #D77D72 #99D772

square

#72CCD7 #B072D7 #D77D72 #99D772

split-complementary

#72CCD7 #D77299 #D7B072

monochromatic

#2E94A1 #42BBC9 #72CCD7 #A2DDE5 #D1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#72CCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCD7

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCD7	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.088 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe3',
    500: '#72ccd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccd7;
$custom-light: #a1dbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.535,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCD7

secondary

#A55248

accent

#3422C3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCD7

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

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