#72D4CC#72D4CC

#72D4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.094 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4CC
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -30.76, -5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 31.17, 189.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0925 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.094 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3776, 55.0206, 65.5546)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4CC #D4727A

analogous

#72D49B #72D4CC #72ABD4

triadic

#72D4CC #CC72D4 #D4CC72

tetradic

#72D4CC #9B72D4 #D4727A #ABD472

square

#72D4CC #9B72D4 #D4727A #ABD472

split-complementary

#72D4CC #D472AB #D49B72

monochromatic

#309C93 #43C6BB #72D4CC #A1E2DD #D0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72D4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#72D4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4CC

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4CC	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.094 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e1db',
    500: '#72d4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4cc;
$custom-light: #a1e1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4CC

secondary

#A14951

accent

#2532C1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4CC

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

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