#72CDBA#72CDBA

#72CDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.092 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDBA
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(167, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -31.77, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 31.78, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0922 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.092 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6301, 50.7823, 54.2639)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDBA #CD7285

analogous

#72CD8D #72CDBA #72B2CD

triadic

#72CDBA #BA72CD #CDBA72

tetradic

#72CDBA #8D72CD #CD7285 #B2CD72

square

#72CDBA #8D72CD #CD7285 #B2CD72

split-complementary

#72CDBA #CD72B2 #CD8D72

monochromatic

#33917E #45BDA4 #72CDBA #9FDDD0 #CCEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#72CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDBA

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDBA	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.092 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcce',
    500: '#72cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdba;
$custom-light: #a0dcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.473,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78619,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDBA

secondary

#974C5C

accent

#2B49BB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDBA

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

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