#72DCEA#72DCEA

#72DCEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.100 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCEA
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -26.91, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 31.45, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0891 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.1 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3780, 60.7001, 87.0455)
Luminance	0.6070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCEA #EA8072

analogous

#72EABC #72DCEA #72A0EA

triadic

#72DCEA #EA72DC #DCEA72

tetradic

#72DCEA #BC72EA #EA8072 #A0EA72

square

#72DCEA #BC72EA #EA8072 #A0EA72

split-complementary

#72DCEA #EA72A0 #EABC72

monochromatic

#1DB1C4 #3DCFE2 #72DCEA #A7E9F2 #DDF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#72DCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCEA

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCEA	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.100 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7f0',
    500: '#72dcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcea;
$custom-light: #a3e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83637,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCEA

secondary

#C24E3E

accent

#270FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCEA

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

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