#72CBDB#72CBDB

#72CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.088 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBDB
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -22.49, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 27.74, 215.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0762 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.088 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0766, 51.4004, 74.7607)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBDB #DB8272

analogous

#72DBB6 #72CBDB #7296DB

triadic

#72CBDB #DB72CB #CBDB72

tetradic

#72CBDB #B672DB #DB8272 #96DB72

square

#72CBDB #B672DB #DB8272 #96DB72

split-complementary

#72CBDB #DB7296 #DBB672

monochromatic

#2B95A8 #41B9CF #72CBDB #A3DDE7 #D4EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#72CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBDB

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBDB	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.088 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe6',
    500: '#72cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbdb;
$custom-light: #a1dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79234,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBDB

secondary

#AB5647

accent

#381FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBDB

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

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