#72CFDA#72CFDA

#72CFDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.090 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFDA
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -24.76, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 28.45, 209.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0811 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.09 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9022, 53.2615, 74.3884)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFDA #DA7D72

analogous

#72DAB1 #72CFDA #729BDA

triadic

#72CFDA #DA72CF #CFDA72

tetradic

#72CFDA #B172DA #DA7D72 #9BDA72

square

#72CFDA #B172DA #DA7D72 #9BDA72

split-complementary

#72CFDA #DA729B #DAB172

monochromatic

#2C99A6 #42BECD #72CFDA #A2E0E7 #D3F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#72CFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFDA

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFDA	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.090 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee5',
    500: '#72cfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfda;
$custom-light: #a1dee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.346,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80112,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFDA

secondary

#A95147

accent

#311FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFDA

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

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