#72D4E4#72D4E4

#72D4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.095 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E4
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -24.58, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 29.76, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0827 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.095 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4810, 56.2620, 81.8993)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E4 #E48272

analogous

#72E4BB #72D4E4 #729BE4

triadic

#72D4E4 #E472D4 #D4E472

tetradic

#72D4E4 #BB72E4 #E48272 #9BE472

square

#72D4E4 #BB72E4 #E48272 #9BE472

split-complementary

#72D4E4 #E4729B #E4BB72

monochromatic

#23A3B8 #3FC4DA #72D4E4 #A5E4EE #D9F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#72D4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E4

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E4	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.095 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e1ec',
    500: '#72d4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e4;
$custom-light: #a2e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E4

secondary

#B95242

accent

#3016D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E4

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

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