#72D6CE#72D6CE

#72D6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.095 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6CE
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -31.22, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 31.64, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.094 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.095 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1221, 56.1232, 66.9937)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6CE #D6727A

analogous

#72D69C #72D6CE #72ACD6

triadic

#72D6CE #CE72D6 #D6CE72

tetradic

#72D6CE #9C72D6 #D6727A #ACD672

square

#72D6CE #9C72D6 #D6727A #ACD672

split-complementary

#72D6CE #D672AC #D69C72

monochromatic

#2E9F96 #43C8BE #72D6CE #A1E4DE #D1F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#72D6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6CE

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6CE	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.095 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e3dc',
    500: '#72d6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6ce;
$custom-light: #a1e3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81326,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6CE

secondary

#A44950

accent

#2330C2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6CE

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

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