#72D8CF#72D8CF

#72D8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.097 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8CF
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -31.93, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 32.28, 188.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0958 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.097 188)
XYZ	xyz(42.7532, 57.1905, 67.8053)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8CF #D8727B

analogous

#72D89C #72D8CF #72AED8

triadic

#72D8CF #CF72D8 #D8CF72

tetradic

#72D8CF #9C72D8 #D8727B #AED872

square

#72D8CF #9C72D8 #D8727B #AED872

split-complementary

#72D8CF #D872AE #D89C72

monochromatic

#2DA398 #42CBBF #72D8CF #A2E5DF #D2F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#72D8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8CF

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8CF	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DDCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.097 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e4dd',
    500: '#72d8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8cf;
$custom-light: #a1e4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81821,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.57194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8CF

secondary

#A64850

accent

#2130C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8CF

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

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