#72D8CD#72D8CD

#72D8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.097 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8CD
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(174, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -32.42, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 32.64, 186.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0966 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.097 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5102, 57.0933, 66.5257)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8CD #D8727D

analogous

#72D89A #72D8CD #72B0D8

triadic

#72D8CD #CD72D8 #D8CD72

tetradic

#72D8CD #9A72D8 #D8727D #B0D872

square

#72D8CD #9A72D8 #D8727D #B0D872

split-complementary

#72D8CD #D872B0 #D89A72

monochromatic

#2DA396 #42CBBC #72D8CD #A2E5DE #D2F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#72D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8CD

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8CD	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.097 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e4dc',
    500: '#72d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8cd;
$custom-light: #a1e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81759,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8CD

secondary

#A64852

accent

#2133C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8CD

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

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