#72DEC6#72DEC6

#72DEC6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.106 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEC6
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 198)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -36.89, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 36.95, 176.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.1064 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.107 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2494, 59.8935, 62.6966)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEC6 #DE728A

analogous

#72DE90 #72DEC6 #72C0DE

triadic

#72DEC6 #C672DE #DEC672

tetradic

#72DEC6 #9072DE #DE728A #C0DE72

square

#72DEC6 #9072DE #DE728A #C0DE72

split-complementary

#72DEC6 #DE72C0 #DE9072

monochromatic

#29AD90 #40D2B2 #72DEC6 #A4EADA #D5F5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#72DEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEC6

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEC6	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.106 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1e9d7',
    500: '#72dec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dec6;
$custom-light: #a1e9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8295,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEC6

secondary

#AF455D

accent

#1C42CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FDFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEC6

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

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