#72DCE6#72DCE6

#72DCE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.099 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCE6
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -27.97, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 31.43, 207.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0907 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.099 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8099, 60.4728, 84.0532)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCE6 #E67C72

analogous

#72E6B6 #72DCE6 #72A2E6

triadic

#72DCE6 #E672DC #DCE672

tetradic

#72DCE6 #B672E6 #E67C72 #A2E672

square

#72DCE6 #B672E6 #E67C72 #A2E672

split-complementary

#72DCE6 #E672A2 #E6B672

monochromatic

#21AFBC #3ECFDD #72DCE6 #A6E9EF #DAF6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#72DCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCE6

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCE6	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.099 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7ed',
    500: '#72dce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dce6;
$custom-light: #a3e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83497,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCE6

secondary

#BC4B40

accent

#2414D2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCE6

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

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