#72DCEB#72DCEB

#72DCEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.100 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCEB
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -26.64, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 31.47, 212.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0887 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.1 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5221, 60.7577, 87.8042)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCEB #EB8172

analogous

#72EBBD #72DCEB #729FEB

triadic

#72DCEB #EB72DC #DCEB72

tetradic

#72DCEB #BD72EB #EB8172 #9FEB72

square

#72DCEB #BD72EB #EB8172 #9FEB72

split-complementary

#72DCEB #EB729F #EBBD72

monochromatic

#1CB1C6 #3CCFE3 #72DCEB #A8E9F3 #DDF7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#72DCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCEB

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCEB	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.100 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7f1',
    500: '#72dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dceb;
$custom-light: #a3e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83672,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCEB

secondary

#C34F3E

accent

#270ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCEB

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

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