#72DCD0#72DCD0

#72DCD0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.100 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCD0
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 208)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -33.57, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 33.76, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0998 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.1 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9131, 59.3141, 68.7969)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCD0 #DC727E

analogous

#72DC9B #72DCD0 #72B3DC

triadic

#72DCD0 #D072DC #DCD072

tetradic

#72DCD0 #9B72DC #DC727E #B3DC72

square

#72DCD0 #9B72DC #DC727E #B3DC72

split-complementary

#72DCD0 #DC72B3 #DC9B72

monochromatic

#2AAA9B #41D0C0 #72DCD0 #A3E8E0 #D4F4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#72DCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCD0

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCD0	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BE0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.100 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7de',
    500: '#72dcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcd0;
$custom-light: #a2e7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8278,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCD0

secondary

#AC4652

accent

#1E31C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCD0

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

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