#72CEDE#72CEDE

#72CEDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.091 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEDE
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -23.20, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 28.42, 215.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0784 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.091 210)
XYZ	xyz(42.1905, 52.9904, 77.0979)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEDE #DE8272

analogous

#72DEB8 #72CEDE #7298DE

triadic

#72CEDE #DE72CE #CEDE72

tetradic

#72CEDE #B872DE #DE8272 #98DE72

square

#72CEDE #B872DE #DE8272 #98DE72

split-complementary

#72CEDE #DE7298 #DEB872

monochromatic

#2999AD #40BDD2 #72CEDE #A4DFEA #D5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#72CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEDE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEDE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.091 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde8',
    500: '#72cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cede;
$custom-light: #a1dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.52994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEDE

secondary

#AF5545

accent

#351CCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEDE

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

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