#72CCD8#72CCD8

#72CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCD8
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -23.79, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 27.77, 211.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0785 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.088 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9222, 51.7176, 72.7785)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCD8 #D87E72

analogous

#72D8B1 #72CCD8 #7299D8

triadic

#72CCD8 #D872CC #CCD872

tetradic

#72CCD8 #B172D8 #D87E72 #99D872

square

#72CCD8 #B172D8 #D87E72 #99D872

split-complementary

#72CCD8 #D87299 #D8B172

monochromatic

#2D95A3 #42BBCB #72CCD8 #A2DDE5 #D2EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#72CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCD8

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCD8	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe4',
    500: '#72ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccd8;
$custom-light: #a1dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79356,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCD8

secondary

#A65348

accent

#3421C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCD8

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

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