#72DCD3#72DCD3

#72DCD3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.100 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCD3
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 211)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -32.83, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 33.22, 188.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0986 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.1 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2857, 59.4631, 70.7592)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCD3 #DC727B

analogous

#72DC9E #72DCD3 #72B0DC

triadic

#72DCD3 #D372DC #DCD372

tetradic

#72DCD3 #9E72DC #DC727B #B0DC72

square

#72DCD3 #9E72DC #DC727B #B0DC72

split-complementary

#72DCD3 #DC72B0 #DC9E72

monochromatic

#2AAA9F #41D0C4 #72DCD3 #A3E8E2 #D4F4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#72DCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCD3

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCD3	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.100 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e0',
    500: '#72dcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcd3;
$custom-light: #a2e7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82873,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCD3

secondary

#AC464F

accent

#1E2CC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCD3

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

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