#72DAE4#72DAE4

#72DAE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAE4
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -27.52, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 30.98, 207.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0893 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0088, 59.3176, 82.4086)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAE4 #E47C72

analogous

#72E4B5 #72DAE4 #72A1E4

triadic

#72DAE4 #E472DA #DAE472

tetradic

#72DAE4 #B572E4 #E47C72 #A1E472

square

#72DAE4 #B572E4 #E47C72 #A1E472

split-complementary

#72DAE4 #E472A1 #E4B572

monochromatic

#23ABB8 #3FCDDA #72DAE4 #A5E7EE #D9F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#72DAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAE4

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAE4	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5ec',
    500: '#72dae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dae4;
$custom-light: #a3e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82972,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAE4

secondary

#B94C42

accent

#2616D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAE4

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

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