#72DDE6#72DDE6

#72DDE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDE6
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -28.45, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 31.67, 206.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0918 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0731, 60.9993, 84.1409)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDE6 #E67B72

analogous

#72E6B5 #72DDE6 #72A3E6

triadic

#72DDE6 #E672DD #DDE672

tetradic

#72DDE6 #B572E6 #E67B72 #A3E672

square

#72DDE6 #B572E6 #E67B72 #A3E672

split-complementary

#72DDE6 #E672A3 #E6B572

monochromatic

#21B0BC #3ED0DD #72DDE6 #A6EAEF #DAF6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#72DDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDE6

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDE6	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8ed',
    500: '#72dde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dde6;
$custom-light: #a3e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83725,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDE6

secondary

#BC4A40

accent

#2214D2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDE6

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

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