#72D5CA#72D5CA

#72D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.095 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5CA
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -31.73, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 31.93, 186.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0945 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.095 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3900, 55.4267, 64.3830)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5CA #D5727D

analogous

#72D599 #72D5CA #72AFD5

triadic

#72D5CA #CA72D5 #D5CA72

tetradic

#72D5CA #9972D5 #D5727D #AFD572

square

#72D5CA #9972D5 #D5727D #AFD572

split-complementary

#72D5CA #D572AF #D59972

monochromatic

#2F9E91 #43C7B8 #72D5CA #A1E3DC #D0F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#72D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#72D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5CA

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5CA	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.095 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e2da',
    500: '#72d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5ca;
$custom-light: #a1e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8097,
    "c": 0.09505,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5CA

secondary

#A24953

accent

#2435C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5CA

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

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