#72D5CC#72D5CC

#72D5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.095 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5CC
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -31.24, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 31.57, 188.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0937 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.095 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6283, 55.5221, 65.6382)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5CC #D5727B

analogous

#72D59B #72D5CC #72ADD5

triadic

#72D5CC #CC72D5 #D5CC72

tetradic

#72D5CC #9B72D5 #D5727B #ADD572

square

#72D5CC #9B72D5 #D5727B #ADD572

split-complementary

#72D5CC #D572AD #D59B72

monochromatic

#2F9E94 #43C7BB #72D5CC #A1E3DD #D0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#72D5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5CC

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5CC	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.095 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e2db',
    500: '#72d5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5cc;
$custom-light: #a1e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81032,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5CC

secondary

#A24951

accent

#2432C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5CC

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

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