#72CDBD#72CDBD

#72CDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.091 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDBD
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(169, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -31.06, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 31.06, 180.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0909 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.091 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9524, 50.9112, 55.9611)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDBD #CD7282

analogous

#72CD90 #72CDBD #72AFCD

triadic

#72CDBD #BD72CD #CDBD72

tetradic

#72CDBD #9072CD #CD7282 #AFCD72

square

#72CDBD #9072CD #CD7282 #AFCD72

split-complementary

#72CDBD #CD72AF #CD9072

monochromatic

#339181 #45BDA8 #72CDBD #9FDDD2 #CCEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#72CDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDBD

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDBD	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.091 181.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.451,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78708,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDBD

secondary

#974C59

accent

#2B44BB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDBD

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

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