#72DAE6#72DAE6

#72DAE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.098 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAE6
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -26.99, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 30.98, 209.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0885 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.098 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2881, 59.4293, 83.8793)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAE6 #E67E72

analogous

#72E6B8 #72DAE6 #72A0E6

triadic

#72DAE6 #E672DA #DAE672

tetradic

#72DAE6 #B872E6 #E67E72 #A0E672

square

#72DAE6 #B872E6 #E67E72 #A0E672

split-complementary

#72DAE6 #E672A0 #E6B872

monochromatic

#21ACBC #3ECCDD #72DAE6 #A6E8EF #DAF5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#72DAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAE6

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAE6	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.098 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5ed',
    500: '#72dae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dae6;
$custom-light: #a3e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83041,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAE6

secondary

#BC4D40

accent

#2714D2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAE6

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

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