#72CED4#72CED4

#72CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.088 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED4
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -25.83, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 28.27, 204.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0824 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.088 201)
XYZ	xyz(40.8898, 52.4701, 70.2476)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED4 #D47872

analogous

#72D4A9 #72CED4 #729DD4

triadic

#72CED4 #D472CE #CED472

tetradic

#72CED4 #A972D4 #D47872 #9DD472

square

#72CED4 #A972D4 #D47872 #9DD472

split-complementary

#72CED4 #D4729D #D4A972

monochromatic

#30959C #43BEC6 #72CED4 #A1DEE2 #D0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#72CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED4

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED4	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.088 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde1',
    500: '#72ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced4;
$custom-light: #a1dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79676,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.52473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED4

secondary

#A14F49

accent

#2E25C1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED4

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

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