#72DAEE#72DAEE

#72DAEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.100 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAEE
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -24.85, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 31.32, 217.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0854 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.1 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4374, 59.8890, 89.9322)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAEE #EE8672

analogous

#72EEC4 #72DAEE #729CEE

triadic

#72DAEE #EE72DA #DAEE72

tetradic

#72DAEE #C472EE #EE8672 #9CEE72

square

#72DAEE #C472EE #EE8672 #9CEE72

split-complementary

#72DAEE #EE729C #EEC472

monochromatic

#19B0CD #3BCCE7 #72DAEE #A9E8F5 #DFF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#72DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAEE

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAEE	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FE3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.100 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f3',
    500: '#72daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daee;
$custom-light: #a3e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83326,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAEE

secondary

#C7543D

accent

#2C0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAEE

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

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