#72D5E4#72D5E4

#72D5E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.095 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5E4
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -25.07, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 29.93, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0838 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.095 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7318, 56.7635, 81.9829)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5E4 #E48172

analogous

#72E4BA #72D5E4 #729CE4

triadic

#72D5E4 #E472D5 #D5E472

tetradic

#72D5E4 #BA72E4 #E48172 #9CE472

square

#72D5E4 #BA72E4 #E48172 #9CE472

split-complementary

#72D5E4 #E4729C #E4BA72

monochromatic

#23A5B8 #3FC6DA #72D5E4 #A5E4EE #D9F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#72D5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5E4

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5E4	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.095 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e2ec',
    500: '#72d5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5e4;
$custom-light: #a2e2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81833,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5E4

secondary

#B95142

accent

#2E16D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5E4

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

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