#72D7E4#72D7E4

#72D7E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.096 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7E4
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -26.06, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 30.32, 210.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.086 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.096 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2379, 57.7758, 82.1516)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7E4 #E47F72

analogous

#72E4B8 #72D7E4 #729EE4

triadic

#72D7E4 #E472D7 #D7E472

tetradic

#72D7E4 #B872E4 #E47F72 #9EE472

square

#72D7E4 #B872E4 #E47F72 #9EE472

split-complementary

#72D7E4 #E4729E #E4B872

monochromatic

#23A7B8 #3FC8DA #72D7E4 #A5E6EE #D9F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#72D7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7E4

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7E4	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.096 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e3ec',
    500: '#72d7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7e4;
$custom-light: #a2e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7E4

secondary

#B94F42

accent

#2B16D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7E4

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

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