#72CDC8#72CDC8

#72CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.088 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDC8
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -28.38, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 29.01, 191.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0862 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.088 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1920, 51.4070, 62.4897)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDC8 #CD7277

analogous

#72CD9A #72CDC8 #72A5CD

triadic

#72CDC8 #C872CD #CDC872

tetradic

#72CDC8 #9A72CD #CD7277 #A5CD72

square

#72CDC8 #9A72CD #CD7277 #A5CD72

split-complementary

#72CDC8 #CD72A5 #CD9A72

monochromatic

#33918C #45BDB6 #72CDC8 #9FDDDA #CCEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#72CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDC8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDC8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.088 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcd8',
    500: '#72cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdc8;
$custom-light: #a0dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.703,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79049,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDC8

secondary

#974C50

accent

#2B33BB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDC8

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

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