#72CEC5#72CEC5

#72CEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.089 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEC5
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(174, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -29.61, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 29.89, 187.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0886 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.089 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0848, 51.7481, 60.7413)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEC5 #CE727B

analogous

#72CE97 #72CEC5 #72A9CE

triadic

#72CEC5 #C572CE #CEC572

tetradic

#72CEC5 #9772CE #CE727B #A9CE72

square

#72CEC5 #9772CE #CE727B #A9CE72

split-complementary

#72CEC5 #CE72A9 #CE9772

monochromatic

#339389 #45BEB2 #72CEC5 #9FDED8 #CDEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#72CEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEC5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEC5	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)

#C5C5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.089 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ddd6',
    500: '#72cec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cec5;
$custom-light: #a0ddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.13,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEC5

secondary

#994B53

accent

#2A38BC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEC5

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

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