#72CFD8#72CFD8

#72CFD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.089 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFD8
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -25.28, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 28.45, 207.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0819 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.089 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6421, 53.1575, 73.0184)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFD8 #D87B72

analogous

#72D8AE #72CFD8 #729CD8

triadic

#72CFD8 #D872CF #CFD872

tetradic

#72CFD8 #AE72D8 #D87B72 #9CD872

square

#72CFD8 #AE72D8 #D87B72 #9CD872

split-complementary

#72CFD8 #D8729C #D8AE72

monochromatic

#2D98A3 #42BFCB #72CFD8 #A2DFE5 #D2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#72CFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFD8

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFD8	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.089 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee4',
    500: '#72cfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfd8;
$custom-light: #a1dee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFD8

secondary

#A65048

accent

#3021C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFD8

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

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