#72D8EA#72D8EA

#72D8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.098 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8EA
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -24.94, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 30.75, 215.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0848 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.098 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3407, 58.6255, 86.6997)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8EA #EA8472

analogous

#72EAC0 #72D8EA #729CEA

triadic

#72D8EA #EA72D8 #D8EA72

tetradic

#72D8EA #C072EA #EA8472 #9CEA72

square

#72D8EA #C072EA #EA8472 #9CEA72

split-complementary

#72D8EA #EA729C #EAC072

monochromatic

#1DABC4 #3DC9E2 #72D8EA #A7E7F2 #DDF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#72D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8EA

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8EA	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CE0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.098 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e4f0',
    500: '#72d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ea;
$custom-light: #a3e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82729,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8EA

secondary

#C2523E

accent

#2D0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8EA

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

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