#72DEF0#72DEF0

#72DEF0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.102 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEF0
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 240)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -26.27, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 32.03, 214.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.089 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.102 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7826, 62.1068, 91.8382)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEF0 #F08472

analogous

#72F0C3 #72DEF0 #729FF0

triadic

#72DEF0 #F072DE #DEF072

tetradic

#72DEF0 #C372F0 #F08472 #9FF072

square

#72DEF0 #C372F0 #F08472 #9FF072

split-complementary

#72DEF0 #F0729F #F0C372

monochromatic

#16B7D1 #3BD1EA #72DEF0 #A9EBF6 #E1F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#72DEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEF0

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEF0	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72def0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.102 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e8f5',
    500: '#72def0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72def0;
$custom-light: #a4e8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72def0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84303,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEF0

secondary

#C9513D

accent

#2708DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEF0

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

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