#72CCDD#72CCDD

#72CCDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.089 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCDD
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -22.46, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 28.04, 216.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0765 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.089 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5784, 51.9801, 76.2347)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCDD #DD8372

analogous

#72DDB8 #72CCDD #7296DD

triadic

#72CCDD #DD72CC #CCDD72

tetradic

#72CCDD #B872DD #DD8372 #96DD72

square

#72CCDD #B872DD #DD8372 #96DD72

split-complementary

#72CCDD #DD7296 #DDB872

monochromatic

#2997AB #41BAD1 #72CCDD #A3DEE9 #D5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#72CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCDD

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCDD	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.089 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe7',
    500: '#72ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccdd;
$custom-light: #a1dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.533,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCDD

secondary

#AE5646

accent

#381DC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCDD

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

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