#72D8DA#72D8DA

#72D8DA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.095 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8DA
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -29.16, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 30.89, 199.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0912 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.095 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1451, 57.7473, 75.1361)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8DA #DA7472

analogous

#72DAA8 #72D8DA #72A4DA

triadic

#72D8DA #DA72D8 #D8DA72

tetradic

#72D8DA #A872DA #DA7472 #A4DA72

square

#72D8DA #A872DA #DA7472 #A4DA72

split-complementary

#72D8DA #DA72A4 #DAA872

monochromatic

#2CA4A6 #42CBCD #72D8DA #A2E5E7 #D3F3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#72D8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8DA

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8DA	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.095 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e4e5',
    500: '#72d8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8da;
$custom-light: #a2e4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82176,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8DA

secondary

#A94947

accent

#231FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8DA

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

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