#72DEEF#72DEEF

#72DEEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.102 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEEF
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -26.54, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 31.98, 213.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0893 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.102 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6345, 62.0475, 91.0580)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEEF #EF8372

analogous

#72EFC2 #72DEEF #72A0EF

triadic

#72DEEF #EF72DE #DEEF72

tetradic

#72DEEF #C272EF #EF8372 #A0EF72

square

#72DEEF #C272EF #EF8372 #A0EF72

split-complementary

#72DEEF #EF72A0 #EFC272

monochromatic

#18B6CF #3BD1E9 #72DEEF #A9EBF5 #E0F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#72DEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEEF

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEEF	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03E6E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72deef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.102 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e8f4',
    500: '#72deef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72deef;
$custom-light: #a4e8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72deef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84267,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEEF

secondary

#C8503D

accent

#260ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEEF

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

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