#72DEC9#72DEC9

#72DEC9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.105 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEC9
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -36.18, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 36.19, 178.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.1051 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.105 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5989, 60.0333, 64.5370)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEC9 #DE7287

analogous

#72DE93 #72DEC9 #72BDDE

triadic

#72DEC9 #C972DE #DEC972

tetradic

#72DEC9 #9372DE #DE7287 #BDDE72

square

#72DEC9 #9372DE #DE7287 #BDDE72

split-complementary

#72DEC9 #DE72BD #DE9372

monochromatic

#29AD93 #40D2B6 #72DEC9 #A4EADC #D5F5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#72DEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEC9

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEC9	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.105 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e8d9',
    500: '#72dec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dec9;
$custom-light: #a2e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83036,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEC9

secondary

#AF455A

accent

#1C3ECA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FDFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEC9

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

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