#72DBCD#72DBCD

#72DBCD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.100 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBCD
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 205)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -33.83, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 33.92, 184.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.1 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.1 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2858, 58.6445, 66.7842)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBCD #DB7280

analogous

#72DB98 #72DBCD #72B4DB

triadic

#72DBCD #CD72DB #DBCD72

tetradic

#72DBCD #9872DB #DB7280 #B4DB72

square

#72DBCD #9872DB #DB7280 #B4DB72

split-complementary

#72DBCD #DB72B4 #DB9872

monochromatic

#2BA897 #41CFBC #72DBCD #A3E7DE #D4F4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72DBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#72DBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBCD

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBCD	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.100 184.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82456,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBCD

secondary

#AB4754

accent

#1F35C7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBCD

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

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