#72CBDA#72CBDA

#72CBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.088 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBDA
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -22.76, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 27.67, 214.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0766 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.088 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9454, 51.3479, 74.0695)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBDA #DA8172

analogous

#72DAB5 #72CBDA #7297DA

triadic

#72CBDA #DA72CB #CBDA72

tetradic

#72CBDA #B572DA #DA8172 #97DA72

square

#72CBDA #B572DA #DA8172 #97DA72

split-complementary

#72CBDA #DA7297 #DAB572

monochromatic

#2C94A6 #42B9CD #72CBDA #A2DDE7 #D3EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#72CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBDA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBDA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.088 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe5',
    500: '#72cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbda;
$custom-light: #a1dbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.654,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79199,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBDA

secondary

#A95547

accent

#371FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBDA

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

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