#72DAE9#72DAE9

#72DAE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.099 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAE9
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -26.19, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 31.04, 212.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0873 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.099 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7130, 59.5992, 86.1171)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAE9 #E98172

analogous

#72E9BC #72DAE9 #729EE9

triadic

#72DAE9 #E972DA #DAE972

tetradic

#72DAE9 #BC72E9 #E98172 #9EE972

square

#72DAE9 #BC72E9 #E98172 #9EE972

split-complementary

#72DAE9 #E9729E #E9BC72

monochromatic

#1EAEC2 #3DCCE1 #72DAE9 #A7E8F1 #DCF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72DAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#72DAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAE9

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAE9	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CE2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.099 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f0',
    500: '#72dae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dae9;
$custom-light: #a3e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83147,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAE9

secondary

#C14F3E

accent

#2910D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAE9

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

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