#72CED6#72CED6

#72CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.089 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED6
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -25.31, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 28.22, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0816 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.089 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1436, 52.5717, 71.5845)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED6 #D67A72

analogous

#72D6AC #72CED6 #729CD6

triadic

#72CED6 #D672CE #CED672

tetradic

#72CED6 #AC72D6 #D67A72 #9CD672

square

#72CED6 #AC72D6 #D67A72 #9CD672

split-complementary

#72CED6 #D6729C #D6AC72

monochromatic

#2E969F #43BEC8 #72CED6 #A1DEE4 #D1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#72CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED6

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED6	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.089 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde2',
    500: '#72ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced6;
$custom-light: #a1dde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79744,
    "c": 0.08852,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED6

secondary

#A45049

accent

#3023C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED6

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

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