#72D8CE#72D8CE

#72D8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.097 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8CE
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(174, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -32.17, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 32.46, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0962 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.097 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6313, 57.1418, 67.1635)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8CE #D8727C

analogous

#72D89B #72D8CE #72AFD8

triadic

#72D8CE #CE72D8 #D8CE72

tetradic

#72D8CE #9B72D8 #D8727C #AFD872

square

#72D8CE #9B72D8 #D8727C #AFD872

split-complementary

#72D8CE #D872AF #D89B72

monochromatic

#2DA397 #42CBBD #72D8CE #A2E5DF #D2F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#72D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8CE

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8CE	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.097 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e4dc',
    500: '#72d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ce;
$custom-light: #a1e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8CE

secondary

#A64851

accent

#2131C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8CE

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

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