#72CDBE#72CDBE

#72CDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.091 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDBE
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(170, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -30.82, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 30.84, 181.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0905 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.091 182)
XYZ	xyz(38.0613, 50.9548, 56.5348)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDBE #CD7281

analogous

#72CD91 #72CDBE #72AECD

triadic

#72CDBE #BE72CD #CDBE72

tetradic

#72CDBE #9172CD #CD7281 #AECD72

square

#72CDBE #9172CD #CD7281 #AECD72

split-complementary

#72CDBE #CD72AE #CD9172

monochromatic

#339182 #45BDA9 #72CDBE #9FDDD3 #CCEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#72CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDBE

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDBE	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CD0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.091 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd1',
    500: '#72cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdbe;
$custom-light: #a0dcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.11,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78738,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.50958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDBE

secondary

#974C58

accent

#2B42BB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDBE

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

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