#72DEE9#72DEE9

#72DEE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.101 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEE9
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -28.14, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 31.87, 207.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0917 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.101 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7628, 61.6988, 86.4670)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEE9 #E97D72

analogous

#72E9B8 #72DEE9 #72A2E9

triadic

#72DEE9 #E972DE #DEE972

tetradic

#72DEE9 #B872E9 #E97D72 #A2E972

square

#72DEE9 #B872E9 #E97D72 #A2E972

split-complementary

#72DEE9 #E972A2 #E9B872

monochromatic

#1EB3C2 #3DD2E1 #72DEE9 #A7EAF1 #DCF7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#72DEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEE9

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEE9	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.101 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e8f0',
    500: '#72dee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dee9;
$custom-light: #a3e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84057,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEE9

secondary

#C14B3E

accent

#2310D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEE9

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

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