#72DEC3#72DEC3

#72DEC3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.108 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEC3
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 195)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(165, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -37.59, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 37.77, 174.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.1077 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.108 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9068, 59.7565, 60.8923)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEC3 #DE728D

analogous

#72DE8D #72DEC3 #72C3DE

triadic

#72DEC3 #C372DE #DEC372

tetradic

#72DEC3 #8D72DE #DE728D #C3DE72

square

#72DEC3 #8D72DE #DE728D #C3DE72

split-complementary

#72DEC3 #DE72C3 #DE8D72

monochromatic

#29AD8C #40D2AE #72DEC3 #A4EAD8 #D5F5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#72DEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEC3

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEC3	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)

#D7D2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.108 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e9d5',
    500: '#72dec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dec3;
$custom-light: #a1e9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82865,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEC3

secondary

#AF4560

accent

#1C47CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FDFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEC3

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

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