#72CDD5#72CDD5

#72CDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.088 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDD5
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -25.07, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 27.98, 206.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0808 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.088 203)
XYZ	xyz(40.7763, 52.0408, 70.8340)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDD5 #D57A72

analogous

#72D5AB #72CDD5 #729CD5

triadic

#72CDD5 #D572CD #CDD572

tetradic

#72CDD5 #AB72D5 #D57A72 #9CD572

square

#72CDD5 #AB72D5 #D57A72 #9CD572

split-complementary

#72CDD5 #D5729C #D5AB72

monochromatic

#2F959E #43BCC7 #72CDD5 #A1DEE3 #D0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#72CDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDD5

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDD5	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.088 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dce1',
    500: '#72cdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdd5;
$custom-light: #a1dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79481,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.52044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDD5

secondary

#A25049

accent

#3124C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDD5

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

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