#72D4E5#72D4E5

#72D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.095 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E5
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -24.31, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 29.82, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0823 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.095 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6202, 56.3176, 82.6325)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E5 #E58372

analogous

#72E5BD #72D4E5 #729AE5

triadic

#72D4E5 #E572D4 #D4E572

tetradic

#72D4E5 #BD72E5 #E58372 #9AE572

square

#72D4E5 #BD72E5 #E58372 #9AE572

split-complementary

#72D4E5 #E5729A #E5BD72

monochromatic

#22A4BA #3EC4DB #72D4E5 #A6E4EF #D9F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#72D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E5

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E5	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.095 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e1ed',
    500: '#72d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e5;
$custom-light: #a2e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.87,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81641,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E5

secondary

#BA5341

accent

#3015D1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E5

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

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