#72DCD9#72DCD9

#72DCD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.099 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCD9
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -31.33, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 32.33, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.096 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.099 193)
XYZ	xyz(45.0519, 59.7696, 74.7947)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCD9 #DC7275

analogous

#72DCA4 #72DCD9 #72AADC

triadic

#72DCD9 #D972DC #DCD972

tetradic

#72DCD9 #A472DC #DC7275 #AADC72

square

#72DCD9 #A472DC #DC7275 #AADC72

split-complementary

#72DCD9 #DC72AA #DCA472

monochromatic

#2AAAA6 #41D0CC #72DCD9 #A3E8E6 #D4F4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#72DCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCD9

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCD9	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.099 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e4',
    500: '#72dcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcd9;
$custom-light: #a2e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83064,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.59774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCD9

secondary

#AC4649

accent

#1E22C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCD9

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

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