#72DBDC#72DBDC

#72DBDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.098 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBDC
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -30.09, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 31.67, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0937 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.098 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1840, 59.4038, 76.7812)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBDC #DC7372

analogous

#72DCA8 #72DBDC #72A6DC

triadic

#72DBDC #DC72DB #DBDC72

tetradic

#72DBDC #A872DC #DC7372 #A6DC72

square

#72DBDC #A872DC #DC7372 #A6DC72

split-complementary

#72DBDC #DC72A6 #DCA872

monochromatic

#2AA8AA #41CED0 #72DBDC #A3E8E8 #D4F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#72DBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBDC

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBDC	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FE1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.098 196.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82931,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBDC

secondary

#AC4746

accent

#1F1EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBDC

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

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