#72CFD5#72CFD5

#72CFD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.089 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFD5
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -26.06, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 28.51, 203.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0831 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.089 201)
XYZ	xyz(41.2578, 53.0037, 70.9945)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFD5 #D57872

analogous

#72D5AA #72CFD5 #729ED5

triadic

#72CFD5 #D572CF #CFD572

tetradic

#72CFD5 #AA72D5 #D57872 #9ED572

square

#72CFD5 #AA72D5 #D57872 #9ED572

split-complementary

#72CFD5 #D5729E #D5AA72

monochromatic

#2F979E #43BFC7 #72CFD5 #A1DFE3 #D0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#72CFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFD5

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFD5	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.089 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee1',
    500: '#72cfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfd5;
$custom-light: #a1dee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7994,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.53007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFD5

secondary

#A24E49

accent

#2D24C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFD5

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

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