#72D5CD#72D5CD

#72D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.094 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5CD
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -30.99, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 31.41, 189.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0932 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.094 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7487, 55.5702, 66.2719)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5CD #D5727A

analogous

#72D59C #72D5CD #72ABD5

triadic

#72D5CD #CD72D5 #D5CD72

tetradic

#72D5CD #9C72D5 #D5727A #ABD572

square

#72D5CD #9C72D5 #D5727A #ABD572

split-complementary

#72D5CD #D572AB #D59C72

monochromatic

#2F9E95 #43C7BC #72D5CD #A1E3DE #D0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#72D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5CD

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5CD	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)

#CCCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.094 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e2dc',
    500: '#72d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5cd;
$custom-light: #a1e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.152,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81063,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5CD

secondary

#A24950

accent

#2431C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5CD

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

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