#72DADD#72DADD

#72DADD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.097 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DADD
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -29.35, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 31.27, 200.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0922 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.097 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0567, 58.9367, 77.3941)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DADD #DD7572

analogous

#72DDAA #72DADD #72A4DD

triadic

#72DADD #DD72DA #DADD72

tetradic

#72DADD #AA72DD #DD7572 #A4DD72

square

#72DADD #AA72DD #DD7572 #A4DD72

split-complementary

#72DADD #DD72A4 #DDAA72

monochromatic

#29A8AB #41CDD1 #72DADD #A3E7E9 #D5F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#72DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DADD

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DADD	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FE0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.097 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e5e7',
    500: '#72dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dadd;
$custom-light: #a2e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.682,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82735,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DADD

secondary

#AE4846

accent

#211DC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DADD

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

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