#72D5CE#72D5CE

#72D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.094 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5CE
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -30.75, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 31.25, 190.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0928 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.094 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8698, 55.6186, 66.9096)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5CE #D57279

analogous

#72D59D #72D5CE #72ABD5

triadic

#72D5CE #CE72D5 #D5CE72

tetradic

#72D5CE #9D72D5 #D57279 #ABD572

square

#72D5CE #9D72D5 #D57279 #ABD572

split-complementary

#72D5CE #D572AB #D59D72

monochromatic

#2F9E96 #43C7BE #72D5CE #A1E3DE #D0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#72D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5CE

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5CE	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FD9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.094 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e2dc',
    500: '#72d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5ce;
$custom-light: #a1e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.758,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81095,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5CE

secondary

#A2494F

accent

#242FC2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5CE

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

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