#72DDEB#72DDEB

#72DDEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.101 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDEB
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 235)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -27.13, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 31.67, 211.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0898 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.101 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7853, 61.2842, 87.8920)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDEB #EB8072

analogous

#72EBBC #72DDEB #72A0EB

triadic

#72DDEB #EB72DD #DDEB72

tetradic

#72DDEB #BC72EB #EB8072 #A0EB72

square

#72DDEB #BC72EB #EB8072 #A0EB72

split-complementary

#72DDEB #EB72A0 #EBBC72

monochromatic

#1CB3C6 #3CD0E3 #72DDEB #A8EAF3 #DDF7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#72DDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDEB

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDEB	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.101 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8f1',
    500: '#72ddeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddeb;
$custom-light: #a3e8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.942,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83899,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDEB

secondary

#C34D3E

accent

#250ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDEB

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

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