#72DCC9#72DCC9

#72DCC9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.103 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCC9
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -35.26, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 35.26, 180.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.1028 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.103 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0708, 58.9772, 64.3610)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCC9 #DC7285

analogous

#72DC94 #72DCC9 #72BADC

triadic

#72DCC9 #C972DC #DCC972

tetradic

#72DCC9 #9472DC #DC7285 #BADC72

square

#72DCC9 #9472DC #DC7285 #BADC72

split-complementary

#72DCC9 #DC72BA #DC9472

monochromatic

#2AAA93 #41D0B6 #72DCC9 #A3E8DC #D4F4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72DCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#72DCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCC9

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCC9	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.103 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e7d9',
    500: '#72dcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcc9;
$custom-light: #a1e7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8257,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCC9

secondary

#AC4658

accent

#1E3CC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCC9

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

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