#72CECB#72CECB

#72CECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CECB
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -28.12, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 28.99, 194.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0861 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.088 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7860, 52.0286, 64.4343)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CECB #CE7275

analogous

#72CE9D #72CECB #72A3CE

triadic

#72CECB #CB72CE #CECB72

tetradic

#72CECB #9D72CE #CE7275 #A3CE72

square

#72CECB #9D72CE #CE7275 #A3CE72

split-complementary

#72CECB #CE72A3 #CE9D72

monochromatic

#339390 #45BEBA #72CECB #9FDEDC #CDEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#72CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CECB

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#C4C6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ddda',
    500: '#72cecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cecb;
$custom-light: #a0ddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CECB

secondary

#994B4E

accent

#2A2FBC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CECB

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

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