#72D7EA#72D7EA

#72D7EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.098 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7EA
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -24.45, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 30.60, 216.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0837 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.098 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0853, 58.1147, 86.6146)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7EA #EA8572

analogous

#72EAC1 #72D7EA #729BEA

triadic

#72D7EA #EA72D7 #D7EA72

tetradic

#72D7EA #C172EA #EA8572 #9BEA72

square

#72D7EA #C172EA #EA8572 #9BEA72

split-complementary

#72D7EA #EA729B #EAC172

monochromatic

#1DAAC4 #3DC8E2 #72D7EA #A7E6F2 #DDF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#72D7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7EA

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7EA	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DDFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.098 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e3f0',
    500: '#72d7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ea;
$custom-light: #a3e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82502,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7EA

secondary

#C2533E

accent

#2F0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7EA

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

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