#72CEDA#72CEDA

#72CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.089 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEDA
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -24.26, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 28.24, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.08 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.089 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6607, 52.7785, 74.3079)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEDA #DA7E72

analogous

#72DAB2 #72CEDA #729ADA

triadic

#72CEDA #DA72CE #CEDA72

tetradic

#72CEDA #B272DA #DA7E72 #9ADA72

square

#72CEDA #B272DA #DA7E72 #9ADA72

split-complementary

#72CEDA #DA729A #DAB272

monochromatic

#2C98A6 #42BDCD #72CEDA #A2DFE7 #D3F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#72CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEDA

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEDA	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.089 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde5',
    500: '#72ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceda;
$custom-light: #a1dde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79883,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEDA

secondary

#A95247

accent

#331FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEDA

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

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