#72D5E8#72D5E8

#72D5E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.097 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5E8
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -24.00, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 30.18, 217.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0823 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.097 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2935, 56.9881, 84.9412)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5E8 #E88572

analogous

#72E8C0 #72D5E8 #729AE8

triadic

#72D5E8 #E872D5 #D5E872

tetradic

#72D5E8 #C072E8 #E88572 #9AE872

square

#72D5E8 #C072E8 #E88572 #9AE872

split-complementary

#72D5E8 #E8729A #E8C072

monochromatic

#1FA6C0 #3DC5DF #72D5E8 #A7E5F1 #DBF4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#72D5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5E8

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5E8	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.097 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2ef',
    500: '#72d5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5e8;
$custom-light: #a3e2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81976,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5E8

secondary

#BF543F

accent

#3111D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5E8

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

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