#72D8CB#72D8CB

#72D8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.098 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8CB
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -32.91, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 33.03, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0975 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.098 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2704, 56.9974, 65.2624)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8CB #D8727F

analogous

#72D898 #72D8CB #72B2D8

triadic

#72D8CB #CB72D8 #D8CB72

tetradic

#72D8CB #9872D8 #D8727F #B2D872

square

#72D8CB #9872D8 #D8727F #B2D872

split-complementary

#72D8CB #D872B2 #D89872

monochromatic

#2DA394 #42CBB9 #72D8CB #A2E5DD #D2F3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#72D8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8CB

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8CB	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.098 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e4da',
    500: '#72d8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8cb;
$custom-light: #a1e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8CB

secondary

#A64854

accent

#2136C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8CB

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

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