#72CDCA#72CDCA

#72CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.088 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDCA
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -27.89, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 28.75, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0854 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.088 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4272, 51.5012, 63.7287)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDCA #CD7275

analogous

#72CD9C #72CDCA #72A2CD

triadic

#72CDCA #CA72CD #CDCA72

tetradic

#72CDCA #9C72CD #CD7275 #A2CD72

square

#72CDCA #9C72CD #CD7275 #A2CD72

split-complementary

#72CDCA #CD72A2 #CD9C72

monochromatic

#33918E #45BDB9 #72CDCA #9FDDDB #CCEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#72CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDCA

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDCA	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.088 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcda',
    500: '#72cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdca;
$custom-light: #a0dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.022,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79113,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDCA

secondary

#974C4E

accent

#2B2FBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDCA

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

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