#72CDCB#72CDCB

#72CDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.087 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDCB
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -27.63, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 28.63, 195.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0849 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.087 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5460, 51.5487, 64.3543)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDCB #CD7274

analogous

#72CD9D #72CDCB #72A2CD

triadic

#72CDCB #CB72CD #CDCB72

tetradic

#72CDCB #9D72CD #CD7274 #A2CD72

square

#72CDCB #9D72CD #CD7274 #A2CD72

split-complementary

#72CDCB #CD72A2 #CD9D72

monochromatic

#33918F #45BDBA #72CDCB #9FDDDC #CCEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#72CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDCB

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDCB	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.087 193.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.681,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79146,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDCB

secondary

#974C4D

accent

#2B2EBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDCB

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

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