#72DBEA#72DBEA

#72DBEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.099 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBEA
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -26.42, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 31.26, 212.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.088 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.099 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1163, 60.1767, 86.9583)
Luminance	0.6018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBEA #EA8172

analogous

#72EABD #72DBEA #729FEA

triadic

#72DBEA #EA72DB #DBEA72

tetradic

#72DBEA #BD72EA #EA8172 #9FEA72

square

#72DBEA #BD72EA #EA8172 #9FEA72

split-complementary

#72DBEA #EA729F #EABD72

monochromatic

#1DAFC4 #3DCDE2 #72DBEA #A7E9F2 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#72DBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBEA

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBEA	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.099 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6f0',
    500: '#72dbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbea;
$custom-light: #a3e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83409,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBEA

secondary

#C24F3E

accent

#280FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBEA

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

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