#72CCDB#72CCDB

#72CCDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.089 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCDB
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -23.00, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 27.90, 214.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0773 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.089 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3136, 51.8742, 74.8397)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCDB #DB8172

analogous

#72DBB5 #72CCDB #7298DB

triadic

#72CCDB #DB72CC #CCDB72

tetradic

#72CCDB #B572DB #DB8172 #98DB72

square

#72CCDB #B572DB #DB8172 #98DB72

split-complementary

#72CCDB #DB7298 #DBB572

monochromatic

#2B96A8 #41BACF #72CCDB #A3DEE7 #D4EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#72CCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCDB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCDB	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.089 209.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79462,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCDB

secondary

#AB5547

accent

#371FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCDB

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

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