#72DEE8#72DEE8

#72DEE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.100 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEE8
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -28.41, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 31.88, 206.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0921 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.1 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6204, 61.6419, 85.7168)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEE8 #E87C72

analogous

#72E8B7 #72DEE8 #72A3E8

triadic

#72DEE8 #E872DE #DEE872

tetradic

#72DEE8 #B772E8 #E87C72 #A3E872

square

#72DEE8 #B772E8 #E87C72 #A3E872

split-complementary

#72DEE8 #E872A3 #E8B772

monochromatic

#1FB3C0 #3DD2DF #72DEE8 #A7EAF1 #DBF7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#72DEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEE8

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEE8	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BE5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.100 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8ef',
    500: '#72dee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dee8;
$custom-light: #a3e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84022,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEE8

secondary

#BF4A3F

accent

#2211D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEE8

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

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