#72D9EA#72D9EA

#72D9EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.099 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9EA
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -25.43, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 30.91, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0859 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.099 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5977, 59.1395, 86.7854)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9EA #EA8372

analogous

#72EABF #72D9EA #729DEA

triadic

#72D9EA #EA72D9 #D9EA72

tetradic

#72D9EA #BF72EA #EA8372 #9DEA72

square

#72D9EA #BF72EA #EA8372 #9DEA72

split-complementary

#72D9EA #EA729D #EABF72

monochromatic

#1DADC4 #3DCBE2 #72D9EA #A7E7F2 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#72D9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9EA

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9EA	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BE1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.099 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f0',
    500: '#72d9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9ea;
$custom-light: #a3e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82955,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9EA

secondary

#C2513E

accent

#2B0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9EA

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

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