#72DAEB#72DAEB

#72DAEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.099 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAEB
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -25.66, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 31.12, 214.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0866 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.099 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0003, 59.7142, 87.6303)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAEB #EB8372

analogous

#72EBBF #72DAEB #729DEB

triadic

#72DAEB #EB72DA #DAEB72

tetradic

#72DAEB #BF72EB #EB8372 #9DEB72

square

#72DAEB #BF72EB #EB8372 #9DEB72

split-complementary

#72DAEB #EB729D #EBBF72

monochromatic

#1CAFC6 #3CCCE3 #72DAEB #A8E8F3 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#72DAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAEB

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAEB	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.099 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f1',
    500: '#72daeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daeb;
$custom-light: #a3e5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.43,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83218,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAEB

secondary

#C3513E

accent

#2A0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAEB

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

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