#72D7CA#72D7CA

#72D7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.097 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7CA
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 202)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 0%, 6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -32.68, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 32.79, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0968 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.097 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8962, 56.4391, 64.5517)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7CA #D7727F

analogous

#72D798 #72D7CA #72B2D7

triadic

#72D7CA #CA72D7 #D7CA72

tetradic

#72D7CA #9872D7 #D7727F #B2D772

square

#72D7CA #9872D7 #D7727F #B2D772

split-complementary

#72D7CA #D772B2 #D79872

monochromatic

#2EA192 #42C9B8 #72D7CA #A2E5DC #D1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#72D7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7CA

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7CA	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.097 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e3da',
    500: '#72d7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ca;
$custom-light: #a1e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.277,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7CA

secondary

#A54854

accent

#2237C3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7CA

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

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