#72CDC3#72CDC3

#72CDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.089 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDC3
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 195)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(173, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -29.61, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 29.82, 186.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0883 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.089 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6172, 51.1771, 59.4624)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDC3 #CD727C

analogous

#72CD96 #72CDC3 #72A9CD

triadic

#72CDC3 #C372CD #CDC372

tetradic

#72CDC3 #9672CD #CD727C #A9CD72

square

#72CDC3 #9672CD #CD727C #A9CD72

split-complementary

#72CDC3 #CD72A9 #CD9672

monochromatic

#339187 #45BDB0 #72CDC3 #9FDDD6 #CCEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#72CDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDC3

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDC3	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.089 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd5',
    500: '#72cdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdc3;
$custom-light: #a0dcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.407,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78891,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDC3

secondary

#974C54

accent

#2B3ABB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDC3

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

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