#72CECE#72CECE

#72CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.088 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CECE
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -27.37, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 28.67, 197.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0848 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.088 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1469, 52.1730, 66.3353)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CECE #CE7272

analogous

#72CEA0 #72CECE #72A0CE

triadic

#72CECE #CE72CE #CECE72

tetradic

#72CECE #A072CE #CE7272 #A0CE72

square

#72CECE #A072CE #CE7272 #A0CE72

split-complementary

#72CECE #CE72A0 #CEA072

monochromatic

#339393 #45BEBE #72CECE #9FDEDE #CDEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#72CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CECE

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CECE	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.088 195.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CECE

secondary

#994B4B

accent

#2A2ABC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CECE

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

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