#72D4CD#72D4CD

#72D4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.093 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4CD
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -30.52, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 31.01, 190.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0921 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.093 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4979, 55.0687, 66.1883)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4CD #D47279

analogous

#72D49C #72D4CD #72AAD4

triadic

#72D4CD #CD72D4 #D4CD72

tetradic

#72D4CD #9C72D4 #D47279 #AAD472

square

#72D4CD #9C72D4 #D47279 #AAD472

split-complementary

#72D4CD #D472AA #D49C72

monochromatic

#309C94 #43C6BC #72D4CD #A1E2DE #D0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72D4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#72D4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4CD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4CD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.093 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e1dc',
    500: '#72d4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4cd;
$custom-light: #a1e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.09337,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4CD

secondary

#A14950

accent

#2530C1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4CD

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

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