#72CDCC#72CDCC

#72CDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.087 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDCC
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -27.38, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 28.52, 196.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0845 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.087 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6656, 51.5965, 64.9839)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDCC #CD7273

analogous

#72CD9F #72CDCC #72A0CD

triadic

#72CDCC #CC72CD #CDCC72

tetradic

#72CDCC #9F72CD #CD7273 #A0CD72

square

#72CDCC #9F72CD #CD7273 #A0CD72

split-complementary

#72CDCC #CD72A0 #CD9F72

monochromatic

#339190 #45BDBC #72CDCC #9FDDDC #CCEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#72CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDCC

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDCC	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.087 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcdb',
    500: '#72cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdcc;
$custom-light: #a0dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.08735,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDCC

secondary

#974C4D

accent

#2B2CBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDCC

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

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