#72D8CA#72D8CA

#72D8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.098 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8CA
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -33.15, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 33.23, 183.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0979 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.098 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1516, 56.9499, 64.6368)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8CA #D87280

analogous

#72D897 #72D8CA #72B3D8

triadic

#72D8CA #CA72D8 #D8CA72

tetradic

#72D8CA #9772D8 #D87280 #B3D872

square

#72D8CA #9772D8 #D87280 #B3D872

split-complementary

#72D8CA #D872B3 #D89772

monochromatic

#2DA392 #42CBB8 #72D8CA #A2E5DC #D2F3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#72D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8CA

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8CA	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.098 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e4da',
    500: '#72d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ca;
$custom-light: #a1e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81668,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8CA

secondary

#A64855

accent

#2138C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8CA

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

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