#72D8DC#72D8DC

#72D8DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.095 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8DC
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -28.64, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 30.74, 201.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0904 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.095 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4084, 57.8526, 76.5227)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8DC #DC7672

analogous

#72DCAB #72D8DC #72A3DC

triadic

#72D8DC #DC72D8 #D8DC72

tetradic

#72D8DC #AB72DC #DC7672 #A3DC72

square

#72D8DC #AB72DC #DC7672 #A3DC72

split-complementary

#72D8DC #DC72A3 #DCAB72

monochromatic

#2AA5AA #41CAD0 #72D8DC #A3E6E8 #D4F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#72D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8DC

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8DC	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.095 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e4e6',
    500: '#72d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8dc;
$custom-light: #a2e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82242,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8DC

secondary

#AC4A46

accent

#241EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8DC

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

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