#72DFE9#72DFE9

#72DFE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DFE9
RGB	rgb(114, 223, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -28.63, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 32.10, 206.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0928 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0292, 62.2316, 86.5558)
Luminance	0.6224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DFE9 #E97C72

analogous

#72E9B7 #72DFE9 #72A3E9

triadic

#72DFE9 #E972DF #DFE972

tetradic

#72DFE9 #B772E9 #E97C72 #A3E972

square

#72DFE9 #B772E9 #E97C72 #A3E972

split-complementary

#72DFE9 #E972A3 #E9B772

monochromatic

#1EB5C2 #3DD3E1 #72DFE9 #A7EBF1 #DCF7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#72DFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DFE9

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DFE9	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 223, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e9f0',
    500: '#72dfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dfe9;
$custom-light: #a3e9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84284,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DFE9

secondary

#C1493E

accent

#2110D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DFE9

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

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