#72D9DB#72D9DB

#72D9DB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.096 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9DB
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -29.38, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 31.12, 199.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0919 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.096 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5333, 58.3137, 75.9130)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9DB #DB7472

analogous

#72DBA8 #72D9DB #72A4DB

triadic

#72D9DB #DB72D9 #D9DB72

tetradic

#72D9DB #A872DB #DB7472 #A4DB72

square

#72D9DB #A872DB #DB7472 #A4DB72

split-complementary

#72D9DB #DB72A4 #DBA872

monochromatic

#2BA5A8 #41CCCF #72D9DB #A3E6E7 #D4F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#72D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9DB

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9DB	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.096 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e5e6',
    500: '#72d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9db;
$custom-light: #a2e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82439,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9DB

secondary

#AB4847

accent

#221FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9DB

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

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