#72DCEC#72DCEC

#72DCEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.100 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCEC
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -26.37, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 31.51, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0884 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.1 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6669, 60.8156, 88.5672)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCEC #EC8272

analogous

#72ECBF #72DCEC #729FEC

triadic

#72DCEC #EC72DC #DCEC72

tetradic

#72DCEC #BF72EC #EC8272 #9FEC72

square

#72DCEC #BF72EC #EC8272 #9FEC72

split-complementary

#72DCEC #EC729F #ECBF72

monochromatic

#1BB2C9 #3CCFE5 #72DCEC #A8E9F3 #DEF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#72DCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCEC

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCEC	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.100 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7f2',
    500: '#72dcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcec;
$custom-light: #a3e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83707,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCEC

secondary

#C4503E

accent

#280DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCEC

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

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