#72DBED#72DBED

#72DBED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.100 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBED
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -25.61, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 31.39, 215.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0869 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.1 210)
XYZ	xyz(47.5510, 60.3506, 89.2473)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBED #ED8472

analogous

#72EDC1 #72DBED #729EED

triadic

#72DBED #ED72DB #DBED72

tetradic

#72DBED #C172ED #ED8472 #9EED72

square

#72DBED #C172ED #ED8472 #9EED72

split-complementary

#72DBED #ED729E #EDC172

monochromatic

#1AB1CB #3CCDE6 #72DBED #A8E9F4 #DFF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#72DBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBED

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBED	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.100 210.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83516,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.60355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBED

secondary

#C6523E

accent

#2A0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBED

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

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