#72CEBC#72CEBC

#72CEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.092 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEBC
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(168, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -31.77, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 31.77, 179.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0925 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.093 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0842, 51.3479, 55.4714)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEBC #CE7284

analogous

#72CE8E #72CEBC #72B2CE

triadic

#72CEBC #BC72CE #CEBC72

tetradic

#72CEBC #8E72CE #CE7284 #B2CE72

square

#72CEBC #8E72CE #CE7284 #B2CE72

split-complementary

#72CEBC #CE72B2 #CE8E72

monochromatic

#339380 #45BEA6 #72CEBC #9FDED2 #CDEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#72CEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEBC

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEBC	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.092 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ddd0',
    500: '#72cebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cebc;
$custom-light: #a0ddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78912,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEBC

secondary

#994B5B

accent

#2A46BC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEBC

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

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