#72CED0#72CED0

#72CED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.088 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED0
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -26.86, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 28.50, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.084 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.088 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3914, 52.2708, 67.6230)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED0 #D07472

analogous

#72D0A3 #72CED0 #729FD0

triadic

#72CED0 #D072CE #CED072

tetradic

#72CED0 #A372D0 #D07472 #9FD072

square

#72CED0 #A372D0 #D07472 #9FD072

split-complementary

#72CED0 #D0729F #D0A372

monochromatic

#329496 #44BEC1 #72CED0 #A0DEDF #CEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#72CED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED0

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED0	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)

#C3C6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.088 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ddde',
    500: '#72ced0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced0;
$custom-light: #a1ddde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED0

secondary

#9B4D4B

accent

#2B28BD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED0

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

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