#72CEDD#72CEDD

#72CEDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.090 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEDD
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(188, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -23.46, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 28.36, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0788 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.09 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0568, 52.9369, 76.3942)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEDD #DD8172

analogous

#72DDB6 #72CEDD #7298DD

triadic

#72CEDD #DD72CE #CEDD72

tetradic

#72CEDD #B672DD #DD8172 #98DD72

square

#72CEDD #B672DD #DD8172 #98DD72

split-complementary

#72CEDD #DD7298 #DDB672

monochromatic

#2999AB #41BDD1 #72CEDD #A3DFE9 #D5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#72CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEDD

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEDD	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.090 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde7',
    500: '#72cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cedd;
$custom-light: #a1dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEDD

secondary

#AE5446

accent

#351DC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEDD

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

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