#72DBEF#72DBEF

#72DBEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.101 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBEF
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -25.07, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 31.53, 217.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0861 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.101 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8448, 60.4681, 90.7948)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBEF #EF8672

analogous

#72EFC5 #72DBEF #729DEF

triadic

#72DBEF #EF72DB #DBEF72

tetradic

#72DBEF #C572EF #EF8672 #9DEF72

square

#72DBEF #C572EF #EF8672 #9DEF72

split-complementary

#72DBEF #EF729D #EFC572

monochromatic

#18B2CF #3BCDE9 #72DBEF #A9E9F5 #E0F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#72DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBEF

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBEF	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.101 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6f4',
    500: '#72dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbef;
$custom-light: #a3e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83588,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBEF

secondary

#C8533D

accent

#2B0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBEF

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

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