#72CCDC#72CCDC

#72CCDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.089 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCDC
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -22.73, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 27.97, 215.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0769 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.089 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4456, 51.9270, 75.5351)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCDC #DC8272

analogous

#72DCB7 #72CCDC #7297DC

triadic

#72CCDC #DC72CC #CCDC72

tetradic

#72CCDC #B772DC #DC8272 #97DC72

square

#72CCDC #B772DC #DC8272 #97DC72

split-complementary

#72CCDC #DC7297 #DCB772

monochromatic

#2A96AA #41BAD0 #72CCDC #A3DEE8 #D4EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#72CCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCDC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCDC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.089 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe6',
    500: '#72ccdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccdc;
$custom-light: #a1dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79498,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCDC

secondary

#AC5546

accent

#371EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCDC

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

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