#72CFDE#72CFDE

#72CFDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.091 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFDE
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -23.70, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 28.59, 214.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0795 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.091 209)
XYZ	xyz(42.4320, 53.4734, 77.1784)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFDE #DE8172

analogous

#72DEB7 #72CFDE #7299DE

triadic

#72CFDE #DE72CF #CFDE72

tetradic

#72CFDE #B772DE #DE8172 #99DE72

square

#72CFDE #B772DE #DE8172 #99DE72

split-complementary

#72CFDE #DE7299 #DEB772

monochromatic

#299BAD #40BED2 #72CFDE #A4E0EA #D5F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#72CFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFDE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFDE	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.091 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dee8',
    500: '#72cfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfde;
$custom-light: #a1dee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.53477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFDE

secondary

#AF5445

accent

#341CCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFDE

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

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