#72DCCE#72DCCE

#72DCCE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.101 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCCE
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 206)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 6.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -34.06, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 34.15, 184.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.1007 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.101 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6686, 59.2163, 67.5092)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCCE #DC7280

analogous

#72DC99 #72DCCE #72B5DC

triadic

#72DCCE #CE72DC #DCCE72

tetradic

#72DCCE #9972DC #DC7280 #B5DC72

square

#72DCCE #9972DC #DC7280 #B5DC72

split-complementary

#72DCCE #DC72B5 #DC9972

monochromatic

#2AAA99 #41D0BD #72DCCE #A3E8DF #D4F4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72DCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#72DCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCCE

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCCE	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DE0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.101 184.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82719,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCCE

secondary

#AC4654

accent

#1E34C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCCE

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

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