#72D4CE#72D4CE

#72D4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.093 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4CE
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -30.27, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 30.85, 191.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0917 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.093 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6190, 55.1171, 66.8260)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4CE #D47278

analogous

#72D49D #72D4CE #72A9D4

triadic

#72D4CE #CE72D4 #D4CE72

tetradic

#72D4CE #9D72D4 #D47278 #A9D472

square

#72D4CE #9D72D4 #D47278 #A9D472

split-complementary

#72D4CE #D472A9 #D49D72

monochromatic

#309C95 #43C6BE #72D4CE #A1E2DE #D0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72D4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#72D4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4CE

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4CE	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.093 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e1dc',
    500: '#72d4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4ce;
$custom-light: #a1e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80863,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4CE

secondary

#A1494F

accent

#252EC1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4CE

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

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