#72DDE5#72DDE5

#72DDE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDE5
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -28.71, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 31.70, 205.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0922 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9331, 60.9433, 83.4035)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDE5 #E57A72

analogous

#72E5B4 #72DDE5 #72A4E5

triadic

#72DDE5 #E572DD #DDE572

tetradic

#72DDE5 #B472E5 #E57A72 #A4E572

square

#72DDE5 #B472E5 #E57A72 #A4E572

split-complementary

#72DDE5 #E572A4 #E5B472

monochromatic

#22B0BA #3ED1DB #72DDE5 #A6E9EF #D9F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#72DDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDE5

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDE5	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8ed',
    500: '#72dde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dde5;
$custom-light: #a3e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.174,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83691,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDE5

secondary

#BA4941

accent

#2215D1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDE5

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

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