#72ECDD#72ECDD

#72ECDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.112 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECDD
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 221)
HSL	hsl(173, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 6.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -37.79, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 37.93, 184.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.1118 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.112 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9805, 68.7842, 79.0354)
Luminance	0.6879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECDD #EC7281

analogous

#72ECA0 #72ECDD #72BEEC

triadic

#72ECDD #DD72EC #ECDD72

tetradic

#72ECDD #A072EC #EC7281 #BEEC72

square

#72ECDD #A072EC #EC7281 #BEEC72

split-complementary

#72ECDD #EC72BE #ECA072

monochromatic

#1BC9B3 #3CE5D0 #72ECDD #A8F3EA #DEFBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#72ECDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#72ECDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECDD

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECDD	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24F0E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.112 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2e7',
    500: '#72ecdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecdd;
$custom-light: #a4f2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86881,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECDD

secondary

#C43E4E

accent

#0D26D8

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECDD

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

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