#72DBDD#72DBDD

#72DBDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.098 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBDD
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -29.83, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 31.58, 199.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0933 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.098 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3168, 59.4569, 77.4808)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBDD #DD7472

analogous

#72DDA9 #72DBDD #72A6DD

triadic

#72DBDD #DD72DB #DBDD72

tetradic

#72DBDD #A972DD #DD7472 #A6DD72

square

#72DBDD #A972DD #DD7472 #A6DD72

split-complementary

#72DBDD #DD72A6 #DDA972

monochromatic

#29A9AB #41CED1 #72DBDD #A3E8E9 #D5F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#72DBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBDD

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBDD	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EE1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.098 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e6e7',
    500: '#72dbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbdd;
$custom-light: #a2e6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.121,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82964,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBDD

secondary

#AE4746

accent

#201DC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBDD

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

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