#72CED7#72CED7

#72CED7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.089 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED7
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 215)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -25.05, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 28.21, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0812 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.089 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2717, 52.6229, 72.2591)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED7 #D77B72

analogous

#72D7AE #72CED7 #729BD7

triadic

#72CED7 #D772CE #CED772

tetradic

#72CED7 #AE72D7 #D77B72 #9BD772

square

#72CED7 #AE72D7 #D77B72 #9BD772

split-complementary

#72CED7 #D7729B #D7AE72

monochromatic

#2E97A1 #42BDC9 #72CED7 #A2DFE5 #D1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#72CED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED7

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED7	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.089 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde3',
    500: '#72ced7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced7;
$custom-light: #a1dde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.347,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED7

secondary

#A55148

accent

#3122C3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED7

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

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