#72DEC4#72DEC4

#72DEC4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.108 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEC4
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 196)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -37.35, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 37.49, 175.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.1072 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.108 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0203, 59.8018, 61.4897)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEC4 #DE728C

analogous

#72DE8E #72DEC4 #72C2DE

triadic

#72DEC4 #C472DE #DEC472

tetradic

#72DEC4 #8E72DE #DE728C #C2DE72

square

#72DEC4 #8E72DE #DE728C #C2DE72

split-complementary

#72DEC4 #DE72C2 #DE8E72

monochromatic

#29AD8D #40D2AF #72DEC4 #A4EAD9 #D5F5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#72DEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEC4

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEC4	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.108 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e9d5',
    500: '#72dec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dec4;
$custom-light: #a1e9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.556,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82893,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEC4

secondary

#AF455F

accent

#1C46CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FDFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEC4

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

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