#72CDCD#72CDCD

#72CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.087 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDCD
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -27.13, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 28.42, 197.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0841 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.087 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7859, 51.6446, 65.6176)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDCD #CD7272

analogous

#72CD9F #72CDCD #729FCD

triadic

#72CDCD #CD72CD #CDCD72

tetradic

#72CDCD #9F72CD #CD7272 #9FCD72

square

#72CDCD #9F72CD #CD7272 #9FCD72

split-complementary

#72CDCD #CD729F #CD9F72

monochromatic

#339191 #45BDBD #72CDCD #9FDDDD #CCEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#72CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDCD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDCD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.087 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcdc',
    500: '#72cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdcd;
$custom-light: #a0dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79211,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDCD

secondary

#974C4C

accent

#2B2BBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDCD

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

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