#72DBE7#72DBE7

#72DBE7 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.099 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBE7
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 231)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -27.22, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 31.20, 209.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0892 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.099 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6890, 60.0058, 84.7077)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBE7 #E77E72

analogous

#72E7B9 #72DBE7 #72A0E7

triadic

#72DBE7 #E772DB #DBE772

tetradic

#72DBE7 #B972E7 #E77E72 #A0E772

square

#72DBE7 #B972E7 #E77E72 #A0E772

split-complementary

#72DBE7 #E772A0 #E7B972

monochromatic

#20AEBE #3ECEDE #72DBE7 #A6E8F0 #DBF6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#72DBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBE7

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBE7	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FE2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.099 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6ee',
    500: '#72dbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbe7;
$custom-light: #a3e6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83304,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBE7

secondary

#BD4D40

accent

#2613D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBE7

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

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