#72DBEE#72DBEE

#72DBEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.101 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBEE
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -25.34, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 31.46, 216.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0865 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.101 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6975, 60.4092, 90.0189)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBEE #EE8572

analogous

#72EEC3 #72DBEE #729DEE

triadic

#72DBEE #EE72DB #DBEE72

tetradic

#72DBEE #C372EE #EE8572 #9DEE72

square

#72DBEE #C372EE #EE8572 #9DEE72

split-complementary

#72DBEE #EE729D #EEC372

monochromatic

#19B1CD #3BCDE7 #72DBEE #A9E9F5 #DFF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#72DBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBEE

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBEE	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DE4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.101 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6f3',
    500: '#72dbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbee;
$custom-light: #a3e6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83552,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBEE

secondary

#C7533D

accent

#2B0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBEE

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

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