#72DCDF#72DCDF

#72DCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.098 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCDF
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -29.80, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 31.74, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0936 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.098 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8465, 60.0875, 78.9798)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCDF #DF7572

analogous

#72DFAB #72DCDF #72A5DF

triadic

#72DCDF #DF72DC #DCDF72

tetradic

#72DCDF #AB72DF #DF7572 #A5DF72

square

#72DCDF #AB72DF #DF7572 #A5DF72

split-complementary

#72DCDF #DF72A5 #DFAB72

monochromatic

#28ABAF #40D0D4 #72DCDF #A4E8EA #D6F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#72DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCDF

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCDF	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BE2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.098 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e7e9',
    500: '#72dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcdf;
$custom-light: #a2e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8326,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCDF

secondary

#B14845

accent

#201BCB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCDF

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

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