#72E8DC#72E8DC

#72E8DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.109 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8DC
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 220)
HSL	hsl(174, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(174, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 5.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -36.20, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 36.47, 186.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.1079 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.109 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7089, 66.4535, 77.9562)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8DC #E8727E

analogous

#72E8A1 #72E8DC #72B9E8

triadic

#72E8DC #DC72E8 #E8DC72

tetradic

#72E8DC #A172E8 #E8727E #B9E872

square

#72E8DC #A172E8 #E8727E #B9E872

split-complementary

#72E8DC #E872B9 #E8A172

monochromatic

#1FC0B0 #3DDFCF #72E8DC #A7F1E9 #DBF9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#72E8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8DC

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8DC	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEDDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28EDE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.109 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f0e6',
    500: '#72e8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8dc;
$custom-light: #a3f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85927,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8DC

secondary

#BF3F4C

accent

#1125D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8DC

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

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