#72CDD7#72CDD7

#72CDD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.088 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDD7
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 215)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 4.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -24.55, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 27.98, 208.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.08 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.088 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0317, 52.1430, 72.1791)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDD7 #D77C72

analogous

#72D7AF #72CDD7 #729AD7

triadic

#72CDD7 #D772CD #CDD772

tetradic

#72CDD7 #AF72D7 #D77C72 #9AD772

square

#72CDD7 #AF72D7 #D77C72 #9AD772

split-complementary

#72CDD7 #D7729A #D7AF72

monochromatic

#2E96A1 #42BCC9 #72CDD7 #A2DEE5 #D1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#72CDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDD7

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDD7	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.088 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dce3',
    500: '#72cdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdd7;
$custom-light: #a1dce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7955,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDD7

secondary

#A55148

accent

#3222C3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDD7

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

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