#72CFC8#72CFC8

#72CFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.090 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFC8
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(175, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -29.35, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 29.80, 189.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0885 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.09 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6734, 52.3700, 62.6501)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFC8 #CF7279

analogous

#72CF99 #72CFC8 #72A7CF

triadic

#72CFC8 #C872CF #CFC872

tetradic

#72CFC8 #9972CF #CF7279 #A7CF72

square

#72CFC8 #9972CF #CF7279 #A7CF72

split-complementary

#72CFC8 #CF72A7 #CF9972

monochromatic

#32948D #44BFB6 #72CFC8 #A0DFDA #CDEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#72CFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFC8

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFC8	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.090 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ded8',
    500: '#72cfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfc8;
$custom-light: #a0ded8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFC8

secondary

#9A4B51

accent

#2934BD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFC8

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

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