#72DDEA#72DDEA

#72DDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.100 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDEA
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -27.39, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 31.65, 210.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0902 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.1 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6412, 61.2265, 87.1332)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDEA #EA7F72

analogous

#72EABB #72DDEA #72A1EA

triadic

#72DDEA #EA72DD #DDEA72

tetradic

#72DDEA #BB72EA #EA7F72 #A1EA72

square

#72DDEA #BB72EA #EA7F72 #A1EA72

split-complementary

#72DDEA #EA72A1 #EABB72

monochromatic

#1DB2C4 #3DD0E2 #72DDEA #A7EAF2 #DDF7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#72DDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDEA

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDEA	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.100 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8f0',
    500: '#72ddea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddea;
$custom-light: #a3e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83864,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDEA

secondary

#C24D3E

accent

#250FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDEA

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

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