#72D5CF#72D5CF

#72D5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.094 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5CF
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -30.50, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 31.09, 191.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0924 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.094 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9916, 55.6674, 67.5514)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5CF #D57278

analogous

#72D59E #72D5CF #72AAD5

triadic

#72D5CF #CF72D5 #D5CF72

tetradic

#72D5CF #9E72D5 #D57278 #AAD572

square

#72D5CF #9E72D5 #D57278 #AAD572

split-complementary

#72D5CF #D572AA #D59E72

monochromatic

#2F9E97 #43C7BF #72D5CF #A1E3DF #D0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#72D5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5CF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5CF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.094 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e2dd',
    500: '#72d5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5cf;
$custom-light: #a1e2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81126,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5CF

secondary

#A2494E

accent

#242DC2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5CF

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

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