#72D8DB#72D8DB

#72D8DB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.095 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8DB
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -28.90, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 30.81, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0908 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.095 198)
XYZ	xyz(44.2764, 57.7998, 75.8273)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8DB #DB7572

analogous

#72DBA9 #72D8DB #72A4DB

triadic

#72D8DB #DB72D8 #D8DB72

tetradic

#72D8DB #A972DB #DB7572 #A4DB72

square

#72D8DB #A972DB #DB7572 #A4DB72

split-complementary

#72D8DB #DB72A4 #DBA972

monochromatic

#2BA4A8 #41CBCF #72D8DB #A3E5E7 #D4F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#72D8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8DB

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8DB	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.095 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e4e6',
    500: '#72d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8db;
$custom-light: #a2e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82209,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.57804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8DB

secondary

#AB4947

accent

#231FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8DB

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

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