#72CEDF#72CEDF

#72CEDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.091 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEDF
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -22.93, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 28.49, 216.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.078 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.091 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3249, 53.0442, 77.8059)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEDF #DF8372

analogous

#72DFB9 #72CEDF #7297DF

triadic

#72CEDF #DF72CE #CEDF72

tetradic

#72CEDF #B972DF #DF8372 #97DF72

square

#72CEDF #B972DF #DF8372 #97DF72

split-complementary

#72CEDF #DF7297 #DFB972

monochromatic

#289AAF #40BDD4 #72CEDF #A4DFEA #D6F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#72CEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEDF

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEDF	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.091 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dde9',
    500: '#72cedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cedf;
$custom-light: #a2dde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.358,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80061,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEDF

secondary

#B15545

accent

#361BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEDF

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

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