#72CECD#72CECD

#72CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CECD
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -27.62, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 28.77, 196.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0853 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.088 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0258, 52.1245, 65.6976)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CECD #CE7273

analogous

#72CE9F #72CECD #72A1CE

triadic

#72CECD #CD72CE #CECD72

tetradic

#72CECD #9F72CE #CE7273 #A1CE72

square

#72CECD #9F72CE #CE7273 #A1CE72

split-complementary

#72CECD #CE72A1 #CE9F72

monochromatic

#339392 #45BEBD #72CECD #9FDEDD #CDEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#72CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CECD

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CECD	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dddc',
    500: '#72cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cecd;
$custom-light: #a0dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79442,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CECD

secondary

#994B4C

accent

#2A2BBC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CECD

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

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