#72ECD5#72ECD5

#72ECD5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.115 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECD5
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 213)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(169, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 9.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -39.72, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 39.73, 178.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.1152 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.115 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9399, 68.3680, 73.5552)
Luminance	0.6837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECD5 #EC7289

analogous

#72EC98 #72ECD5 #72C6EC

triadic

#72ECD5 #D572EC #ECD572

tetradic

#72ECD5 #9872EC #EC7289 #C6EC72

square

#72ECD5 #9872EC #EC7289 #C6EC72

split-complementary

#72ECD5 #EC72C6 #EC9872

monochromatic

#1BC9A8 #3CE5C5 #72ECD5 #A8F3E5 #DEFBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72ECD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#72ECD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECD5

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECD5	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FEFE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.115 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f2e1',
    500: '#72ecd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecd5;
$custom-light: #a3f2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.689,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86645,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECD5

secondary

#C43E57

accent

#0D33D8

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECD5

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

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