#72CDAD#72CDAD

#72CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.100 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDAD
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(159, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -34.72, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 35.53, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0979 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.1 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3105, 50.2544, 47.3137)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDAD #CD7292

analogous

#72CD7F #72CDAD #72C0CD

triadic

#72CDAD #AD72CD #CDAD72

tetradic

#72CDAD #7F72CD #CD7292 #C0CD72

square

#72CDAD #7F72CD #CD7292 #C0CD72

split-complementary

#72CDAD #CD72C0 #CD7F72

monochromatic

#339170 #45BD93 #72CDAD #9FDDC7 #CCEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#72CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDAD

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDAD	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.100 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdcc5',
    500: '#72cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdad;
$custom-light: #9fdcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.901,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78252,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDAD

secondary

#974C66

accent

#2B5DBB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1512

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDAD

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

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