#72D0DA#72D0DA

#72D0DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.090 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0DA
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -25.25, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 28.68, 208.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0822 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.09 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1453, 53.7476, 74.4695)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0DA #DA7C72

analogous

#72DAB0 #72D0DA #729CDA

triadic

#72D0DA #DA72D0 #D0DA72

tetradic

#72D0DA #B072DA #DA7C72 #9CDA72

square

#72D0DA #B072DA #DA7C72 #9CDA72

split-complementary

#72D0DA #DA729C #DAB072

monochromatic

#2C9AA6 #42C0CD #72D0DA #A2E0E7 #D3F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72D0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#72D0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0DA

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0DA	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.090 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee5',
    500: '#72d0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0da;
$custom-light: #a1dee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80341,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0DA

secondary

#A95047

accent

#2F1FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0DA

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

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