#72DAD5#72DAD5

#72DAD5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.097 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAD5
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 213)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(177, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -31.38, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 32.13, 192.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0955 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.097 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0162, 58.5205, 71.9139)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAD5 #DA7277

analogous

#72DAA1 #72DAD5 #72ABDA

triadic

#72DAD5 #D572DA #DAD572

tetradic

#72DAD5 #A172DA #DA7277 #ABDA72

square

#72DAD5 #A172DA #DA7277 #ABDA72

split-complementary

#72DAD5 #DA72AB #DAA172

monochromatic

#2CA6A0 #42CDC7 #72DAD5 #A2E7E3 #D3F3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72DAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#72DAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAD5

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAD5	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.097 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e6e1',
    500: '#72dad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dad5;
$custom-light: #a2e6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82474,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAD5

secondary

#A9474C

accent

#1F27C6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAD5

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

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