#72CED3#72CED3

#72CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.088 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED3
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -26.09, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 28.32, 202.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0828 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.088 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7640, 52.4198, 69.5853)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED3 #D37772

analogous

#72D3A7 #72CED3 #729DD3

triadic

#72CED3 #D372CE #CED372

tetradic

#72CED3 #A772D3 #D37772 #9DD372

square

#72CED3 #A772D3 #D37772 #9DD372

split-complementary

#72CED3 #D3729D #D3A772

monochromatic

#30959A #43BEC4 #72CED3 #A1DEE2 #CFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#72CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED3

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED3	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.088 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde0',
    500: '#72ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced3;
$custom-light: #a1dde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.093,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79642,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED3

secondary

#9F4E4A

accent

#2E26C0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED3

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

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