#72CED9#72CED9

#72CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.089 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED9
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -24.52, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 28.22, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0804 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.089 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5303, 52.7263, 73.6209)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED9 #D97D72

analogous

#72D9B1 #72CED9 #729AD9

triadic

#72CED9 #D972CE #CED972

tetradic

#72CED9 #B172D9 #D97D72 #9AD972

square

#72CED9 #B172D9 #D97D72 #9AD972

split-complementary

#72CED9 #D9729A #D9B172

monochromatic

#2C97A4 #42BDCC #72CED9 #A2DFE6 #D2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#72CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED9

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED9	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.089 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde4',
    500: '#72ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced9;
$custom-light: #a1dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.408,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79848,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED9

secondary

#A85247

accent

#3220C5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED9

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

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