#72CEC8#72CEC8

#72CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.089 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEC8
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(176, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -28.87, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 29.40, 190.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0874 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.089 190)
XYZ	xyz(39.4319, 51.8870, 62.5696)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEC8 #CE7278

analogous

#72CE9A #72CEC8 #72A6CE

triadic

#72CEC8 #C872CE #CEC872

tetradic

#72CEC8 #9A72CE #CE7278 #A6CE72

square

#72CEC8 #9A72CE #CE7278 #A6CE72

split-complementary

#72CEC8 #CE72A6 #CE9A72

monochromatic

#33938C #45BEB6 #72CEC8 #9FDEDA #CDEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#72CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEC8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEC8	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.089 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ddd8',
    500: '#72cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cec8;
$custom-light: #a0ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79281,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.5189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEC8

secondary

#994B50

accent

#2A33BC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEC8

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

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