#72D9EB#72D9EB

#72D9EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.099 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9EB
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -25.16, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 30.96, 215.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0855 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.099 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7418, 59.1971, 87.5441)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9EB #EB8472

analogous

#72EBC0 #72D9EB #729CEB

triadic

#72D9EB #EB72D9 #D9EB72

tetradic

#72D9EB #C072EB #EB8472 #9CEB72

square

#72D9EB #C072EB #EB8472 #9CEB72

split-complementary

#72D9EB #EB729C #EBC072

monochromatic

#1CADC6 #3CCBE3 #72D9EB #A8E7F3 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#72D9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9EB

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9EB	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.099 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f1',
    500: '#72d9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9eb;
$custom-light: #a3e5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.926,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82991,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9EB

secondary

#C3523E

accent

#2C0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9EB

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

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