#72DDEF#72DDEF

#72DDEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.102 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDEF
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -26.05, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 31.82, 215.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0883 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.102 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3697, 61.5179, 90.9698)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDEF #EF8472

analogous

#72EFC3 #72DDEF #729FEF

triadic

#72DDEF #EF72DD #DDEF72

tetradic

#72DDEF #C372EF #EF8472 #9FEF72

square

#72DDEF #C372EF #EF8472 #9FEF72

split-complementary

#72DDEF #EF729F #EFC372

monochromatic

#18B5CF #3BD0E9 #72DDEF #A9EAF5 #E0F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#72DDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDEF

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDEF	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.102 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f4',
    500: '#72ddef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddef;
$custom-light: #a4e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.64,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84041,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDEF

secondary

#C8513D

accent

#280ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDEF

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

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