#72E4DC#72E4DC

#72E4DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.105 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E4DC
RGB	rgb(114, 228, 220)
HSL	hsl(176, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -34.35, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 34.88, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.1036 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.105 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5957, 64.2272, 77.5852)
Luminance	0.6423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E4DC #E4727A

analogous

#72E4A3 #72E4DC #72B3E4

triadic

#72E4DC #DC72E4 #E4DC72

tetradic

#72E4DC #A372E4 #E4727A #B3E472

square

#72E4DC #A372E4 #E4727A #B3E472

split-complementary

#72E4DC #E472B3 #E4A372

monochromatic

#23B8AE #3FDACF #72E4DC #A5EEE9 #D9F8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#72E4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#72E4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4DC

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E4DC	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BE9E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.105 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ede6',
    500: '#72e4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e4dc;
$custom-light: #a3ede6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85004,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E4DC

secondary

#B9424A

accent

#1623D0

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E4DC

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

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