#72DADC#72DADC

#72DADC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.097 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DADC
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -29.61, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 31.35, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0926 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.097 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9239, 58.8836, 76.6946)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DADC #DC7472

analogous

#72DCA9 #72DADC #72A5DC

triadic

#72DADC #DC72DA #DADC72

tetradic

#72DADC #A972DC #DC7472 #A5DC72

square

#72DADC #A972DC #DC7472 #A5DC72

split-complementary

#72DADC #DC72A5 #DCA972

monochromatic

#2AA7AA #41CDD0 #72DADC #A3E7E8 #D4F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72DADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#72DADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DADC

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DADC	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.097 197.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82701,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DADC

secondary

#AC4846

accent

#211EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DADC

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

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