#72D6CF#72D6CF

#72D6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.095 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6CF
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -30.98, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 31.48, 190.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0935 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.095 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2439, 56.1720, 67.6355)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6CF #D67279

analogous

#72D69D #72D6CF #72ABD6

triadic

#72D6CF #CF72D6 #D6CF72

tetradic

#72D6CF #9D72D6 #D67279 #ABD672

square

#72D6CF #9D72D6 #D67279 #ABD672

split-complementary

#72D6CF #D672AB #D69D72

monochromatic

#2E9F97 #43C8BF #72D6CF #A1E4DF #D1F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#72D6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6CF

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6CF	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.095 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e3dd',
    500: '#72d6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6cf;
$custom-light: #a1e3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81358,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6CF

secondary

#A4494F

accent

#232EC2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6CF

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

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