#72DCDA#72DCDA

#72DCDA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.098 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCDA
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 218)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(179, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -31.07, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 32.21, 195.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0956 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.098 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1824, 59.8218, 75.4818)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCDA #DC7274

analogous

#72DCA5 #72DCDA #72A9DC

triadic

#72DCDA #DA72DC #DCDA72

tetradic

#72DCDA #A572DC #DC7274 #A9DC72

square

#72DCDA #A572DC #DC7274 #A9DC72

split-complementary

#72DCDA #DC72A9 #DCA572

monochromatic

#2AAAA7 #41D0CD #72DCDA #A3E8E7 #D4F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#72DCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCDA

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCDA	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.098 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e5',
    500: '#72dcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcda;
$custom-light: #a2e7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83096,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCDA

secondary

#AC4648

accent

#1E21C8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCDA

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

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