#72CED2#72CED2

#72CED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.088 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED2
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 210)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -26.34, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 28.37, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0832 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.088 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6390, 52.3698, 68.9271)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED2 #D27672

analogous

#72D2A6 #72CED2 #729ED2

triadic

#72CED2 #D272CE #CED272

tetradic

#72CED2 #A672D2 #D27672 #9ED272

square

#72CED2 #A672D2 #D27672 #9ED272

split-complementary

#72CED2 #D2729E #D2A672

monochromatic

#319499 #44BEC3 #72CED2 #A0DEE1 #CFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#72CED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED2

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED2	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.088 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dddf',
    500: '#72ced2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced2;
$custom-light: #a1dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79608,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED2

secondary

#9E4E4A

accent

#2D26BF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED2

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

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