#72DBDB#72DBDB

#72DBDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.098 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBDB
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -30.34, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 31.77, 197.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0941 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.098 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0520, 59.3510, 76.0858)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBDB #DB7272

analogous

#72DBA6 #72DBDB #72A6DB

triadic

#72DBDB #DB72DB #DBDB72

tetradic

#72DBDB #A672DB #DB7272 #A6DB72

square

#72DBDB #A672DB #DB7272 #A6DB72

split-complementary

#72DBDB #DB72A6 #DBA672

monochromatic

#2BA8A8 #41CFCF #72DBDB #A3E7E7 #D4F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#72DBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBDB

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBDB	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.098 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e6e6',
    500: '#72dbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbdb;
$custom-light: #a2e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82898,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBDB

secondary

#AB4747

accent

#1F1FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBDB

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

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