#72C8D9#72C8D9

#72C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.087 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8D9
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -21.52, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 27.14, 217.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0735 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.087 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1133, 49.8924, 73.1485)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8D9 #D98372

analogous

#72D9B7 #72C8D9 #7294D9

triadic

#72C8D9 #D972C8 #C8D972

tetradic

#72C8D9 #B772D9 #D98372 #94D972

square

#72C8D9 #B772D9 #D98372 #94D972

split-complementary

#72C8D9 #D97294 #D9B772

monochromatic

#2C91A4 #42B5CC #72C8D9 #A2DBE6 #D2EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#72C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8D9

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8D9	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ACFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.087 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d9e4',
    500: '#72c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8d9;
$custom-light: #a1d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.903,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78479,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8D9

secondary

#E5C8C2

accent

#3C20C5

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8D9

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

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