#72D6CA#72D6CA

#72D6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.096 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6CA
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -32.21, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 32.36, 185.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0956 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.096 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6423, 55.9313, 64.4671)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6CA #D6727E

analogous

#72D698 #72D6CA #72B0D6

triadic

#72D6CA #CA72D6 #D6CA72

tetradic

#72D6CA #9872D6 #D6727E #B0D672

square

#72D6CA #9872D6 #D6727E #B0D672

split-complementary

#72D6CA #D672B0 #D69872

monochromatic

#2E9F92 #43C8B8 #72D6CA #A1E4DC #D1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#72D6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6CA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6CA	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)

#CDCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.096 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e3da',
    500: '#72d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6ca;
$custom-light: #a1e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81202,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6CA

secondary

#A44954

accent

#2336C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6CA

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

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