#72CED5#72CED5

#72CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.088 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED5
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -25.57, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 28.24, 205.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.082 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.088 202)
XYZ	xyz(41.0163, 52.5207, 70.9140)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED5 #D57972

analogous

#72D5AB #72CED5 #729DD5

triadic

#72CED5 #D572CE #CED572

tetradic

#72CED5 #AB72D5 #D57972 #9DD572

square

#72CED5 #AB72D5 #D57972 #9DD572

split-complementary

#72CED5 #D5729D #D5AB72

monochromatic

#2F969E #43BEC7 #72CED5 #A1DEE3 #D0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#72CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED5

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED5	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.088 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde1',
    500: '#72ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced5;
$custom-light: #a1dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.242,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7971,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.52524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED5

secondary

#A24F49

accent

#2F24C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED5

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

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