#72D0DB#72D0DB

#72D0DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.091 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0DB
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -24.99, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 28.69, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0818 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.091 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2765, 53.8001, 75.1607)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0DB #DB7D72

analogous

#72DBB2 #72D0DB #729BDB

triadic

#72D0DB #DB72D0 #D0DB72

tetradic

#72D0DB #B272DB #DB7D72 #9BDB72

square

#72D0DB #B272DB #DB7D72 #9BDB72

split-complementary

#72D0DB #DB729B #DBB272

monochromatic

#2B9BA8 #41C0CF #72D0DB #A3E0E7 #D4F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72D0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#72D0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0DB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0DB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.091 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee6',
    500: '#72d0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0db;
$custom-light: #a1dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80376,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0DB

secondary

#AB5147

accent

#301FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0DB

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

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