#72DAEC#72DAEC

#72DAEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.100 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAEC
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -25.39, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 31.18, 215.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0862 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.1 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1452, 59.7721, 88.3933)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAEC #EC8472

analogous

#72ECC1 #72DAEC #729DEC

triadic

#72DAEC #EC72DA #DAEC72

tetradic

#72DAEC #C172EC #EC8472 #9DEC72

square

#72DAEC #C172EC #EC8472 #9DEC72

split-complementary

#72DAEC #EC729D #ECC172

monochromatic

#1BAFC9 #3CCCE5 #72DAEC #A8E8F3 #DEF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#72DAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAEC

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAEC	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.100 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f2',
    500: '#72daec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daec;
$custom-light: #a3e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83254,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAEC

secondary

#C4523E

accent

#2B0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAEC

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

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