#72DBDE#72DBDE

#72DBDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.098 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBDE
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -29.57, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 31.51, 200.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0929 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.098 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4505, 59.5104, 78.1846)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBDE #DE7572

analogous

#72DEAB #72DBDE #72A5DE

triadic

#72DBDE #DE72DB #DBDE72

tetradic

#72DBDE #AB72DE #DE7572 #A5DE72

square

#72DBDE #AB72DE #DE7572 #A5DE72

split-complementary

#72DBDE #DE72A5 #DEAB72

monochromatic

#29A9AD #40CED2 #72DBDE #A4E8EA #D5F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#72DBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBDE

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBDE	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DE1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.098 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e6e8',
    500: '#72dbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbde;
$custom-light: #a2e6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82997,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBDE

secondary

#AF4845

accent

#211CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBDE

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

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