#72D9EC#72D9EC

#72D9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.099 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9EC
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -24.89, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 31.03, 216.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0851 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.099 211)
XYZ	xyz(46.8867, 59.2551, 88.3071)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9EC #EC8572

analogous

#72ECC2 #72D9EC #729CEC

triadic

#72D9EC #EC72D9 #D9EC72

tetradic

#72D9EC #C272EC #EC8572 #9CEC72

square

#72D9EC #C272EC #EC8572 #9CEC72

split-complementary

#72D9EC #EC729C #ECC272

monochromatic

#1BAEC9 #3CCAE5 #72D9EC #A8E8F3 #DEF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#72D9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9EC

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9EC	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.099 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f2',
    500: '#72d9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9ec;
$custom-light: #a3e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83027,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.59259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9EC

secondary

#C4533E

accent

#2D0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9EC

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

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