#72DFE8#72DFE8

#72DFE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DFE8
RGB	rgb(114, 223, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -28.89, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 32.12, 205.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0932 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8867, 62.1746, 85.8056)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DFE8 #E87B72

analogous

#72E8B6 #72DFE8 #72A4E8

triadic

#72DFE8 #E872DF #DFE872

tetradic

#72DFE8 #B672E8 #E87B72 #A4E872

square

#72DFE8 #B672E8 #E87B72 #A4E872

split-complementary

#72DFE8 #E872A4 #E8B672

monochromatic

#1FB4C0 #3DD3DF #72DFE8 #A7EBF1 #DBF7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#72DFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DFE8

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DFE8	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AE6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 223, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e9ef',
    500: '#72dfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dfe8;
$custom-light: #a3e9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8425,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DFE8

secondary

#BF493F

accent

#2011D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DFE8

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

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