#72CEDC#72CEDC

#72CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.090 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEDC
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -23.73, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 28.31, 213.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0792 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.09 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9240, 52.8838, 75.6946)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEDC #DC8072

analogous

#72DCB5 #72CEDC #7299DC

triadic

#72CEDC #DC72CE #CEDC72

tetradic

#72CEDC #B572DC #DC8072 #99DC72

square

#72CEDC #B572DC #DC8072 #99DC72

split-complementary

#72CEDC #DC7299 #DCB572

monochromatic

#2A99AA #41BDD0 #72CEDC #A3DFE8 #D4F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#72CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEDC

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEDC	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.090 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde6',
    500: '#72cedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cedc;
$custom-light: #a1dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79954,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEDC

secondary

#AC5446

accent

#341EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEDC

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

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