#72DCE4#72DCE4

#72DCE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCE4
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -28.49, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 31.47, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0915 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5306, 60.3611, 82.5825)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCE4 #E47A72

analogous

#72E4B3 #72DCE4 #72A3E4

triadic

#72DCE4 #E472DC #DCE472

tetradic

#72DCE4 #B372E4 #E47A72 #A3E472

square

#72DCE4 #B372E4 #E47A72 #A3E472

split-complementary

#72DCE4 #E472A3 #E4B372

monochromatic

#23AEB8 #3FCFDA #72DCE4 #A5E9EE #D9F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#72DCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCE4

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCE4	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7ec',
    500: '#72dce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dce4;
$custom-light: #a3e7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83429,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCE4

secondary

#B94A42

accent

#2316D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCE4

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

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