#72CED8#72CED8

#72CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.089 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CED8
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -24.79, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 28.21, 208.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0808 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.089 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4006, 52.6744, 72.9379)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CED8 #D87C72

analogous

#72D8AF #72CED8 #729BD8

triadic

#72CED8 #D872CE #CED872

tetradic

#72CED8 #AF72D8 #D87C72 #9BD872

square

#72CED8 #AF72D8 #D87C72 #9BD872

split-complementary

#72CED8 #D8729B #D8AF72

monochromatic

#2D97A3 #42BDCB #72CED8 #A2DFE5 #D2EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#72CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CED8

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CED8	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.089 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde4',
    500: '#72ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ced8;
$custom-light: #a1dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79814,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CED8

secondary

#A65148

accent

#3121C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CED8

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

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