#72DAEA#72DAEA

#72DAEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.099 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAEA
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -25.93, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 31.08, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.087 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.099 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8562, 59.6565, 86.8716)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAEA #EA8272

analogous

#72EABE #72DAEA #729EEA

triadic

#72DAEA #EA72DA #DAEA72

tetradic

#72DAEA #BE72EA #EA8272 #9EEA72

square

#72DAEA #BE72EA #EA8272 #9EEA72

split-complementary

#72DAEA #EA729E #EABE72

monochromatic

#1DAEC4 #3DCCE2 #72DAEA #A7E8F2 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#72DAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAEA

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAEA	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AE2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.099 208.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83182,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAEA

secondary

#C2503E

accent

#2A0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAEA

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

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