#72E9DC#72E9DC

#72E9DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.110 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E9DC
RGB	rgb(114, 233, 220)
HSL	hsl(173, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -36.66, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 36.88, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.109 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.11 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9911, 67.0181, 78.0503)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E9DC #E9727F

analogous

#72E9A0 #72E9DC #72BBE9

triadic

#72E9DC #DC72E9 #E9DC72

tetradic

#72E9DC #A072E9 #E9727F #BBE972

square

#72E9DC #A072E9 #E9727F #BBE972

split-complementary

#72E9DC #E972BB #E9A072

monochromatic

#1EC2B0 #3DE1CF #72E9DC #A7F1E9 #DCFAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#72E9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#72E9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E9DC

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E9DC	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFDEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28EDE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 233, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.110 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f0e6',
    500: '#72e9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e9dc;
$custom-light: #a3f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86158,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E9DC

secondary

#C13E4D

accent

#1026D5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E9DC

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

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