#72D4E6#72D4E6

#72D4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.095 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E6
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -24.04, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 29.88, 216.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0819 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.095 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7603, 56.3736, 83.3700)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E6 #E68472

analogous

#72E6BE #72D4E6 #729AE6

triadic

#72D4E6 #E672D4 #D4E672

tetradic

#72D4E6 #BE72E6 #E68472 #9AE672

square

#72D4E6 #BE72E6 #E68472 #9AE672

split-complementary

#72D4E6 #E6729A #E6BE72

monochromatic

#21A4BC #3EC4DD #72D4E6 #A6E4EF #DAF4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#72D4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E6

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E6	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.095 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e1ee',
    500: '#72d4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e6;
$custom-light: #a2e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E6

secondary

#BC5440

accent

#3114D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E6

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

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