#72DFEF#72DFEF

#72DFEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.102 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DFEF
RGB	rgb(114, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -27.03, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 32.16, 212.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0904 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.102 208)
XYZ	xyz(48.9009, 62.5803, 91.1468)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DFEF #EF8272

analogous

#72EFC1 #72DFEF #72A1EF

triadic

#72DFEF #EF72DF #DFEF72

tetradic

#72DFEF #C172EF #EF8272 #A1EF72

square

#72DFEF #C172EF #EF8272 #A1EF72

split-complementary

#72DFEF #EF72A1 #EFC172

monochromatic

#18B8CF #3BD3E9 #72DFEF #A9EBF5 #E0F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#72DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#72DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DFEF

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DFEF	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01E7E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.102 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e9f4',
    500: '#72dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dfef;
$custom-light: #a4e9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84494,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.62585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DFEF

secondary

#C84F3D

accent

#240ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DFEF

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

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