#72CECC#72CECC

#72CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CECC
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -27.87, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 28.87, 195.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0857 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.088 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9055, 52.0764, 65.0639)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CECC #CE7274

analogous

#72CE9E #72CECC #72A2CE

triadic

#72CECC #CC72CE #CECC72

tetradic

#72CECC #9E72CE #CE7274 #A2CE72

square

#72CECC #9E72CE #CE7274 #A2CE72

split-complementary

#72CECC #CE72A2 #CE9E72

monochromatic

#339391 #45BEBC #72CECC #9FDEDC #CDEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#72CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CECC

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CECC	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dddb',
    500: '#72cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cecc;
$custom-light: #a0dddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7941,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CECC

secondary

#994B4D

accent

#2A2DBC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CECC

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

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