#72D9CD#72D9CD

#72D9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.098 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9CD
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -32.89, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 33.06, 185.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0977 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.098 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7672, 57.6073, 66.6114)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9CD #D9727E

analogous

#72D99A #72D9CD #72B1D9

triadic

#72D9CD #CD72D9 #D9CD72

tetradic

#72D9CD #9A72D9 #D9727E #B1D972

square

#72D9CD #9A72D9 #D9727E #B1D972

split-complementary

#72D9CD #D972B1 #D99A72

monochromatic

#2CA496 #42CCBC #72D9CD #A2E6DE #D2F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#72D9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9CD

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9CD	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.098 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e5dc',
    500: '#72d9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9cd;
$custom-light: #a1e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81992,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9CD

secondary

#A84753

accent

#2034C5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9CD

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

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