#72DDEE#72DDEE

#72DDEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.101 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDEE
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -26.32, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 31.77, 214.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0887 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.101 209)
XYZ	xyz(48.2224, 61.4590, 90.1939)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDEE #EE8372

analogous

#72EEC1 #72DDEE #729FEE

triadic

#72DDEE #EE72DD #DDEE72

tetradic

#72DDEE #C172EE #EE8372 #9FEE72

square

#72DDEE #C172EE #EE8372 #9FEE72

split-complementary

#72DDEE #EE729F #EEC172

monochromatic

#19B4CD #3BD0E7 #72DDEE #A9EAF5 #DFF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#72DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDEE

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDEE	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AE5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.101 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7f3',
    500: '#72ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddee;
$custom-light: #a3e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84005,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.61463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDEE

secondary

#C7503D

accent

#270BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDEE

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

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