#72DDE4#72DDE4

#72DDE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDE4
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -28.98, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 31.74, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0926 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7938, 60.8876, 82.6703)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDE4 #E47972

analogous

#72E4B2 #72DDE4 #72A4E4

triadic

#72DDE4 #E472DD #DDE472

tetradic

#72DDE4 #B272E4 #E47972 #A4E472

square

#72DDE4 #B272E4 #E47972 #A4E472

split-complementary

#72DDE4 #E472A4 #E4B272

monochromatic

#23AFB8 #3FD1DA #72DDE4 #A5E9EE #D9F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#72DDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDE4

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDE4	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8ec',
    500: '#72dde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dde4;
$custom-light: #a3e8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83657,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDE4

secondary

#B94942

accent

#2116D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDE4

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

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