#72DBCE#72DBCE

#72DBCE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.100 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBCE
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -33.59, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 33.72, 185.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0996 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.1 185)
XYZ	xyz(43.4069, 58.6930, 67.4220)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBCE #DB727F

analogous

#72DB99 #72DBCE #72B4DB

triadic

#72DBCE #CE72DB #DBCE72

tetradic

#72DBCE #9972DB #DB727F #B4DB72

square

#72DBCE #9972DB #DB727F #B4DB72

split-complementary

#72DBCE #DB72B4 #DB9972

monochromatic

#2BA898 #41CFBD #72DBCE #A3E7DF #D4F4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72DBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#72DBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBCE

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBCE	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.100 185.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.58697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBCE

secondary

#AB4753

accent

#1F33C7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBCE

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

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