#72D4E3#72D4E3

#72D4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.094 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E3
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -24.84, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 29.71, 213.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0831 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.094 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3426, 56.2066, 81.1703)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E3 #E38172

analogous

#72E3BA #72D4E3 #729BE3

triadic

#72D4E3 #E372D4 #D4E372

tetradic

#72D4E3 #BA72E3 #E38172 #9BE372

square

#72D4E3 #BA72E3 #E38172 #9BE372

split-complementary

#72D4E3 #E3729B #E3BA72

monochromatic

#24A3B6 #3FC4D9 #72D4E3 #A5E4ED #D8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#72D4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E3

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E3	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ADCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.094 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e1eb',
    500: '#72d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e3;
$custom-light: #a2e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.965,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8157,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E3

secondary

#B75242

accent

#2F17CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E3

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

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