#72CDCF#72CDCF

#72CDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.087 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDCF
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -26.62, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 28.25, 199.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0833 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.087 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0288, 51.7418, 66.8972)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDCF #CF7472

analogous

#72CFA2 #72CDCF #729FCF

triadic

#72CDCF #CF72CD #CDCF72

tetradic

#72CDCF #A272CF #CF7472 #9FCF72

square

#72CDCF #A272CF #CF7472 #9FCF72

split-complementary

#72CDCF #CF729F #CFA272

monochromatic

#329294 #44BDBF #72CDCF #A0DDDF #CDEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#72CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDCF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDCF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.087 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcdd',
    500: '#72cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdcf;
$custom-light: #a0dcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79278,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDCF

secondary

#9A4D4B

accent

#2C29BD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDCF

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

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