#72DCDB#72DCDB

#72DCDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.098 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCDB
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 219)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(179, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -30.82, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 32.10, 196.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0952 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.098 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3136, 59.8743, 76.1731)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCDB #DC7273

analogous

#72DCA6 #72DCDB #72A8DC

triadic

#72DCDB #DB72DC #DCDB72

tetradic

#72DCDB #A672DC #DC7273 #A8DC72

square

#72DCDB #A672DC #DC7273 #A8DC72

split-complementary

#72DCDB #DC72A8 #DCA672

monochromatic

#2AAAA8 #41D0CE #72DCDB #A3E8E8 #D4F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#72DCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCDB

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCDB	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.098 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e6',
    500: '#72dcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcdb;
$custom-light: #a2e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83128,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCDB

secondary

#AC4647

accent

#1E1FC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCDB

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

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