#72DEC5#72DEC5

#72DEC5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.107 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEC5
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -37.12, 2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 37.22, 175.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.1068 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.107 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1345, 59.8475, 62.0912)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEC5 #DE728B

analogous

#72DE8F #72DEC5 #72C1DE

triadic

#72DEC5 #C572DE #DEC572

tetradic

#72DEC5 #8F72DE #DE728B #C1DE72

square

#72DEC5 #8F72DE #DE728B #C1DE72

split-complementary

#72DEC5 #DE72C1 #DE8F72

monochromatic

#29AD8E #40D2B1 #72DEC5 #A4EAD9 #D5F5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#72DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEC5

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEC5	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.107 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e9d6',
    500: '#72dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dec5;
$custom-light: #a1e9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.111,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82921,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEC5

secondary

#AF455E

accent

#1C44CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FDFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEC5

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

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