#72DACE#72DACE

#72DACE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.099 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DACE
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -33.12, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 33.30, 185.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0984 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.099 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1468, 58.1728, 67.3353)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DACE #DA727E

analogous

#72DA9A #72DACE #72B2DA

triadic

#72DACE #CE72DA #DACE72

tetradic

#72DACE #9A72DA #DA727E #B2DA72

square

#72DACE #9A72DA #DA727E #B2DA72

split-complementary

#72DACE #DA72B2 #DA9A72

monochromatic

#2CA698 #42CDBD #72DACE #A2E7DF #D3F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72DACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#72DACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DACE

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DACE	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.099 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e6dc',
    500: '#72dace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dace;
$custom-light: #a1e6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82255,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DACE

secondary

#A94752

accent

#1F33C6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DACE

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

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