#72DBE6#72DBE6

#72DBE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.098 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBE6
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -27.48, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 31.20, 208.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0896 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.098 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5482, 59.9495, 83.9660)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBE6 #E67D72

analogous

#72E6B7 #72DBE6 #72A1E6

triadic

#72DBE6 #E672DB #DBE672

tetradic

#72DBE6 #B772E6 #E67D72 #A1E672

square

#72DBE6 #B772E6 #E67D72 #A1E672

split-complementary

#72DBE6 #E672A1 #E6B772

monochromatic

#21AEBC #3ECEDD #72DBE6 #A6E8EF #DAF6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#72DBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBE6

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBE6	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.098 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6ed',
    500: '#72dbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbe6;
$custom-light: #a3e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83269,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBE6

secondary

#BC4C40

accent

#2614D2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBE6

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

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