#72DBEC#72DBEC

#72DBEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.100 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBEC
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -25.88, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 31.34, 214.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0873 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.1 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4053, 60.2923, 88.4800)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBEC #EC8372

analogous

#72ECC0 #72DBEC #729EEC

triadic

#72DBEC #EC72DB #DBEC72

tetradic

#72DBEC #C072EC #EC8372 #9EEC72

square

#72DBEC #C072EC #EC8372 #9EEC72

split-complementary

#72DBEC #EC729E #ECC072

monochromatic

#1BB0C9 #3CCDE5 #72DBEC #A8E9F3 #DEF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#72DBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBEC

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBEC	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.100 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6f2',
    500: '#72dbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbec;
$custom-light: #a3e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8348,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBEC

secondary

#C4513E

accent

#290DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBEC

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

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