#72DDDE#72DDDE

#72DDDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.099 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDDE
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -30.53, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 32.13, 198.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0951 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.099 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9754, 60.5602, 78.3596)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDDE #DE7372

analogous

#72DEA9 #72DDDE #72A7DE

triadic

#72DDDE #DE72DD #DDDE72

tetradic

#72DDDE #A972DE #DE7372 #A7DE72

square

#72DDDE #A972DE #DE7372 #A7DE72

split-complementary

#72DDDE #DE72A7 #DEA972

monochromatic

#29ACAD #40D1D2 #72DDDE #A4E9EA #D5F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#72DDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDDE

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDDE	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CE3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.099 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e8e8',
    500: '#72ddde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddde;
$custom-light: #a2e8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83457,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDDE

secondary

#AF4645

accent

#1D1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDDE

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

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