#72DDE8#72DDE8

#72DDE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.100 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDE8
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -27.92, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 31.64, 208.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.091 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.1 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3555, 61.1123, 85.6286)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDE8 #E87D72

analogous

#72E8B8 #72DDE8 #72A2E8

triadic

#72DDE8 #E872DD #DDE872

tetradic

#72DDE8 #B872E8 #E87D72 #A2E872

square

#72DDE8 #B872E8 #E87D72 #A2E872

split-complementary

#72DDE8 #E872A2 #E8B872

monochromatic

#1FB1C0 #3DD0DF #72DDE8 #A7EAF1 #DBF6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#72DDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDE8

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDE8	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CE4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.100 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8ef',
    500: '#72dde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dde8;
$custom-light: #a3e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83794,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDE8

secondary

#BF4B3F

accent

#2411D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDE8

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

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