#72DAED#72DAED

#72DAED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.100 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAED
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -25.12, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 31.24, 216.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0858 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.1 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2909, 59.8304, 89.1606)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAED #ED8572

analogous

#72EDC3 #72DAED #729DED

triadic

#72DAED #ED72DA #DAED72

tetradic

#72DAED #C372ED #ED8572 #9DED72

square

#72DAED #C372ED #ED8572 #9DED72

split-complementary

#72DAED #ED729D #EDC372

monochromatic

#1AAFCB #3CCCE6 #72DAED #A8E8F4 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#72DAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAED

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAED	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.100 210.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.268,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8329,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAED

secondary

#C6533E

accent

#2C0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAED

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

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