#72DCDD#72DCDD

#72DCDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.098 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCDD
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -30.31, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 31.90, 198.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0944 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.098 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5785, 59.9803, 77.5680)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCDD #DD7372

analogous

#72DDA8 #72DCDD #72A6DD

triadic

#72DCDD #DD72DC #DCDD72

tetradic

#72DCDD #A872DD #DD7372 #A6DD72

square

#72DCDD #A872DD #DD7372 #A6DD72

split-complementary

#72DCDD #DD72A6 #DDA872

monochromatic

#29AAAB #41D0D1 #72DCDD #A3E8E9 #D5F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#72DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCDD

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCDD	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EE2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.098 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e7',
    500: '#72dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcdd;
$custom-light: #a2e7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83194,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCDD

secondary

#AE4746

accent

#1E1DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCDD

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

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