#72DCD8#72DCD8

#72DCD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.099 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCD8
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -31.58, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 32.46, 193.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0965 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.099 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9222, 59.7178, 74.1118)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCD8 #DC7276

analogous

#72DCA3 #72DCD8 #72ABDC

triadic

#72DCD8 #D872DC #DCD872

tetradic

#72DCD8 #A372DC #DC7276 #ABDC72

square

#72DCD8 #A372DC #DC7276 #ABDC72

split-complementary

#72DCD8 #DC72AB #DCA372

monochromatic

#2AAAA5 #41D0CA #72DCD8 #A3E8E6 #D4F4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#72DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCD8

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCD8	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.099 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e4',
    500: '#72dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcd8;
$custom-light: #a2e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83031,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCD8

secondary

#AC464A

accent

#1E24C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCD8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →