#72D8EC#72D8EC

#72D8EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.099 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8EC
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -24.40, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 30.90, 217.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.084 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.099 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6297, 58.7411, 88.2215)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8EC #EC8672

analogous

#72ECC3 #72D8EC #729BEC

triadic

#72D8EC #EC72D8 #D8EC72

tetradic

#72D8EC #C372EC #EC8672 #9BEC72

square

#72D8EC #C372EC #EC8672 #9BEC72

split-complementary

#72D8EC #EC729B #ECC372

monochromatic

#1BACC9 #3CC9E5 #72D8EC #A8E7F3 #DEF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72D8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#72D8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8EC

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8EC	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.099 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e4f2',
    500: '#72d8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ec;
$custom-light: #a3e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82801,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8EC

secondary

#C4543E

accent

#2E0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8EC

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

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