#72CFD9#72CFD9

#72CFD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.090 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFD9
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -25.02, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 28.45, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0815 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.09 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7718, 53.2093, 73.7014)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFD9 #D97C72

analogous

#72D9AF #72CFD9 #729CD9

triadic

#72CFD9 #D972CF #CFD972

tetradic

#72CFD9 #AF72D9 #D97C72 #9CD972

square

#72CFD9 #AF72D9 #D97C72 #9CD972

split-complementary

#72CFD9 #D9729C #D9AF72

monochromatic

#2C99A4 #42BFCC #72CFD9 #A2DFE6 #D2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#72CFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFD9

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFD9	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.090 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee4',
    500: '#72cfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfd9;
$custom-light: #a1dee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.825,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFD9

secondary

#A85147

accent

#3020C5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFD9

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

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