#72D8EB#72D8EB

#72D8EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.099 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8EB
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -24.67, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 30.82, 216.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0844 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.099 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4848, 58.6832, 87.4585)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8EB #EB8572

analogous

#72EBC1 #72D8EB #729BEB

triadic

#72D8EB #EB72D8 #D8EB72

tetradic

#72D8EB #C172EB #EB8572 #9BEB72

square

#72D8EB #C172EB #EB8572 #9BEB72

split-complementary

#72D8EB #EB729B #EBC172

monochromatic

#1CACC6 #3CC9E3 #72D8EB #A8E7F3 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#72D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8EB

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8EB	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AE0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.099 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e4f1',
    500: '#72d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8eb;
$custom-light: #a3e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.421,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82765,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8EB

secondary

#C3533E

accent

#2E0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8EB

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

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