#72CDAC#72CDAC

#72CDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.101 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDAC
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 172)
HSL	hsl(158, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(158, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 16.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -34.94, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 35.85, 167.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0984 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.101 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2141, 50.2159, 46.8060)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDAC #CD7293

analogous

#72CD7F #72CDAC #72C0CD

triadic

#72CDAC #AC72CD #CDAC72

tetradic

#72CDAC #7F72CD #CD7293 #C0CD72

square

#72CDAC #7F72CD #CD7293 #C0CD72

split-complementary

#72CDAC #CD72C0 #CD7F72

monochromatic

#33916F #45BD91 #72CDAC #9FDDC7 #CCEDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#72CDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDAC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDAC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.101 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdcc4',
    500: '#72cdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdac;
$custom-light: #9fdcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.242,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78226,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDAC

secondary

#974C67

accent

#2B5FBB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1512

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDAC

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

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