#72CDC2#72CDC2

#72CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.089 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDC2
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(173, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -29.86, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 30.01, 185.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0888 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.089 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5045, 51.1321, 58.8689)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDC2 #CD727D

analogous

#72CD94 #72CDC2 #72ABCD

triadic

#72CDC2 #C272CD #CDC272

tetradic

#72CDC2 #9472CD #CD727D #ABCD72

square

#72CDC2 #9472CD #CD727D #ABCD72

split-complementary

#72CDC2 #CD72AB #CD9472

monochromatic

#339186 #45BDAE #72CDC2 #9FDDD6 #CCEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#72CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDC2

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDC2	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.089 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd4',
    500: '#72cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdc2;
$custom-light: #a0dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.747,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7886,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDC2

secondary

#974C55

accent

#2B3CBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDC2

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

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