#72D5DC#72D5DC

#72D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.094 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5DC
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -27.18, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 29.90, 204.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.087 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.094 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6468, 56.3295, 76.2689)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5DC #DC7972

analogous

#72DCAE #72D5DC #72A0DC

triadic

#72D5DC #DC72D5 #D5DC72

tetradic

#72D5DC #AE72DC #DC7972 #A0DC72

square

#72D5DC #AE72DC #DC7972 #A0DC72

split-complementary

#72D5DC #DC72A0 #DCAE72

monochromatic

#2AA1AA #41C6D0 #72D5DC #A3E4E8 #D4F2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#72D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5DC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5DC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.094 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e2e6',
    500: '#72d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5dc;
$custom-light: #a2e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.962,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81554,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5DC

secondary

#AC4D46

accent

#291EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5DC

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

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