#72DBC6#72DBC6

#72DBC6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.103 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBC6
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 198)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(168, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 9.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -35.51, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 35.52, 178.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.103 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.103 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4597, 58.3141, 62.4334)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBC6 #DB7287

analogous

#72DB91 #72DBC6 #72BBDB

triadic

#72DBC6 #C672DB #DBC672

tetradic

#72DBC6 #9172DB #DB7287 #BBDB72

square

#72DBC6 #9172DB #DB7287 #BBDB72

split-complementary

#72DBC6 #DB72BB #DB9172

monochromatic

#2BA88F #41CFB2 #72DBC6 #A3E7DA #D4F4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72DBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#72DBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBC6

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBC6	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)

#D4D0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.103 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e6d7',
    500: '#72dbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbc6;
$custom-light: #a1e6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBC6

secondary

#AB475B

accent

#1F40C7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBC6

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

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