#72CECF#72CECF

#72CECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.088 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CECF
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -27.11, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 28.58, 198.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0844 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.088 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2688, 52.2217, 66.9772)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CECF #CF7372

analogous

#72CFA1 #72CECF #729FCF

triadic

#72CECF #CF72CE #CECF72

tetradic

#72CECF #A172CF #CF7372 #9FCF72

square

#72CECF #A172CF #CF7372 #9FCF72

split-complementary

#72CECF #CF729F #CFA172

monochromatic

#329394 #44BEBF #72CECF #A0DEDF #CDEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#72CECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CECF

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CECF	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.088 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dddd',
    500: '#72cecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cecf;
$custom-light: #a1dddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79508,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CECF

secondary

#9A4C4B

accent

#2B29BD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CECF

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

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