#72DCD5#72DCD5

#72DCD5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.099 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCD5
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 213)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(176, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -32.33, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 32.89, 190.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0977 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.099 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5380, 59.5640, 72.0879)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCD5 #DC7279

analogous

#72DCA0 #72DCD5 #72AEDC

triadic

#72DCD5 #D572DC #DCD572

tetradic

#72DCD5 #A072DC #DC7279 #AEDC72

square

#72DCD5 #A072DC #DC7279 #AEDC72

split-complementary

#72DCD5 #DC72AE #DCA072

monochromatic

#2AAAA1 #41D0C6 #72DCD5 #A3E8E4 #D4F4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#72DCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCD5

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCD5	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.099 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e1',
    500: '#72dcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcd5;
$custom-light: #a2e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82936,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCD5

secondary

#AC464D

accent

#1E29C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCD5

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

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