#72CDBC#72CDBC

#72CDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.091 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDBC
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(169, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -31.30, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 31.30, 180.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0913 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.091 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8442, 50.8679, 55.3915)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDBC #CD7283

analogous

#72CD8E #72CDBC #72B1CD

triadic

#72CDBC #BC72CD #CDBC72

tetradic

#72CDBC #8E72CD #CD7283 #B1CD72

square

#72CDBC #8E72CD #CD7283 #B1CD72

split-complementary

#72CDBC #CD72B1 #CD8E72

monochromatic

#339180 #45BDA7 #72CDBC #9FDDD1 #CCEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#72CDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDBC

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDBC	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.091 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd0',
    500: '#72cdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdbc;
$custom-light: #a0dcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.791,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78678,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDBC

secondary

#974C5A

accent

#2B46BB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDBC

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

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