#72CDB2#72CDB2

#72CDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.097 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDB2
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 178)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(162, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -33.61, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 33.98, 171.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0957 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.097 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8033, 50.4516, 49.9096)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDB2 #CD728D

analogous

#72CD85 #72CDB2 #72BACD

triadic

#72CDB2 #B272CD #CDB272

tetradic

#72CDB2 #8572CD #CD728D #BACD72

square

#72CDB2 #8572CD #CD728D #BACD72

split-complementary

#72CDB2 #CD72BA #CD8572

monochromatic

#339175 #45BD99 #72CDB2 #9FDDCB #CCEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72CDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#72CDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDB2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDB2	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.097 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdcc9',
    500: '#72cdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdb2;
$custom-light: #9fdcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.198,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDB2

secondary

#974C62

accent

#2B55BB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDB2

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

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