#72DAE5#72DAE5

#72DAE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.098 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAE5
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -27.26, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 30.97, 208.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0889 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.098 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1481, 59.3733, 83.1418)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAE5 #E57D72

analogous

#72E5B6 #72DAE5 #72A1E5

triadic

#72DAE5 #E572DA #DAE572

tetradic

#72DAE5 #B672E5 #E57D72 #A1E572

square

#72DAE5 #B672E5 #E57D72 #A1E572

split-complementary

#72DAE5 #E572A1 #E5B672

monochromatic

#22ACBA #3ECCDB #72DAE5 #A6E8EF #D9F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#72DAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAE5

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAE5	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.098 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5ed',
    500: '#72dae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dae5;
$custom-light: #a3e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83007,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAE5

secondary

#BA4D41

accent

#2715D1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAE5

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

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