#72CFDF#72CFDF

#72CFDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.091 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFDF
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -23.43, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 28.64, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0791 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.091 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5664, 53.5272, 77.8864)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFDF #DF8272

analogous

#72DFB8 #72CFDF #7298DF

triadic

#72CFDF #DF72CF #CFDF72

tetradic

#72CFDF #B872DF #DF8272 #98DF72

square

#72CFDF #B872DF #DF8272 #98DF72

split-complementary

#72CFDF #DF7298 #DFB872

monochromatic

#289BAF #40BED4 #72CFDF #A4E0EA #D6F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#72CFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFDF

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFDF	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.091 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dee9',
    500: '#72cfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfdf;
$custom-light: #a2dee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.807,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80289,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFDF

secondary

#B15445

accent

#351BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFDF

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

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