#72CDCE#72CDCE

#72CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.087 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDCE
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -26.88, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 28.33, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0837 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.087 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9070, 51.6930, 66.2553)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDCE #CE7372

analogous

#72CEA1 #72CDCE #729FCE

triadic

#72CDCE #CE72CD #CDCE72

tetradic

#72CDCE #A172CE #CE7372 #9FCE72

square

#72CDCE #A172CE #CE7372 #9FCE72

split-complementary

#72CDCE #CE729F #CEA172

monochromatic

#339293 #45BDBE #72CDCE #9FDDDE #CDEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#72CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDCE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDCE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.087 196.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.652,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDCE

secondary

#994C4B

accent

#2B2ABC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDCE

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

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