#72D5D5#72D5D5

#72D5D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.093 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5D5
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 213)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -28.99, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 30.36, 197.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0899 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.093 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7391, 55.9664, 71.4882)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5D5 #D57272

analogous

#72D5A4 #72D5D5 #72A4D5

triadic

#72D5D5 #D572D5 #D5D572

tetradic

#72D5D5 #A472D5 #D57272 #A4D572

square

#72D5D5 #A472D5 #D57272 #A4D572

split-complementary

#72D5D5 #D572A4 #D5A472

monochromatic

#2F9E9E #43C7C7 #72D5D5 #A1E3E3 #D0F1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#72D5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5D5

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5D5	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.093 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e2e1',
    500: '#72d5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5d5;
$custom-light: #a1e2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8132,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5D5

secondary

#A24949

accent

#2424C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5D5

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

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