#72D4E2#72D4E2

#72D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.094 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E2
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -25.11, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 29.67, 212.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0835 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.094 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2050, 56.1515, 80.4456)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E2 #E28072

analogous

#72E2B8 #72D4E2 #729CE2

triadic

#72D4E2 #E272D4 #D4E272

tetradic

#72D4E2 #B872E2 #E28072 #9CE272

square

#72D4E2 #B872E2 #E28072 #9CE272

split-complementary

#72D4E2 #E2729C #E2B872

monochromatic

#25A3B4 #3FC5D8 #72D4E2 #A5E3EC #D8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#72D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E2

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E2	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.094 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e1eb',
    500: '#72d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e2;
$custom-light: #a2e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81534,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E2

secondary

#B55143

accent

#2F18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E2

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

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