#72DCD4#72DCD4

#72DCD4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.099 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCD4
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -32.58, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 33.05, 189.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0981 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.099 189)
XYZ	xyz(44.4114, 59.5134, 71.4215)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCD4 #DC727A

analogous

#72DC9F #72DCD4 #72AFDC

triadic

#72DCD4 #D472DC #DCD472

tetradic

#72DCD4 #9F72DC #DC727A #AFDC72

square

#72DCD4 #9F72DC #DC727A #AFDC72

split-complementary

#72DCD4 #DC72AF #DC9F72

monochromatic

#2AAAA0 #41D0C5 #72DCD4 #A3E8E3 #D4F4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#72DCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCD4

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCD4	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.099 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e1',
    500: '#72dcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcd4;
$custom-light: #a2e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82904,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.59517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCD4

secondary

#AC464E

accent

#1E2AC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCD4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →