#72DEDE#72DEDE

#72DEDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.100 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEDE
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 222)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -31.01, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 32.46, 197.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0962 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.1 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2402, 61.0898, 78.4478)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEDE #DE7272

analogous

#72DEA8 #72DEDE #72A8DE

triadic

#72DEDE #DE72DE #DEDE72

tetradic

#72DEDE #A872DE #DE7272 #A8DE72

square

#72DEDE #A872DE #DE7272 #A8DE72

split-complementary

#72DEDE #DE72A8 #DEA872

monochromatic

#29ADAD #40D2D2 #72DEDE #A4EAEA #D5F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#72DEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEDE

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEDE	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)

#D2D5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BE4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.100 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8e8',
    500: '#72dede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dede;
$custom-light: #a3e8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83686,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEDE

secondary

#AF4545

accent

#1C1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEDE

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

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