#72DCCD#72DCCD

#72DCCD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.101 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCCD
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 205)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -34.30, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 34.36, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.1011 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.101 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5475, 59.1679, 66.8715)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCCD #DC7281

analogous

#72DC98 #72DCCD #72B6DC

triadic

#72DCCD #CD72DC #DCCD72

tetradic

#72DCCD #9872DC #DC7281 #B6DC72

square

#72DCCD #9872DC #DC7281 #B6DC72

split-complementary

#72DCCD #DC72B6 #DC9872

monochromatic

#2AAA97 #41D0BC #72DCCD #A3E8DE #D4F4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72DCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#72DCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCCD

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCCD	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.101 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7dc',
    500: '#72dccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dccd;
$custom-light: #a2e7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82689,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCCD

secondary

#AC4654

accent

#1E36C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCCD

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

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