#72DCED#72DCED

#72DCED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.101 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCED
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -26.10, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 31.55, 214.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.088 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.101 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8126, 60.8739, 89.3345)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCED #ED8372

analogous

#72EDC1 #72DCED #729FED

triadic

#72DCED #ED72DC #DCED72

tetradic

#72DCED #C172ED #ED8372 #9FED72

square

#72DCED #C172ED #ED8372 #9FED72

split-complementary

#72DCED #ED729F #EDC172

monochromatic

#1AB2CB #3CCFE6 #72DCED #A8E9F4 #DFF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#72DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCED

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCED	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FE4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.101 209.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83743,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCED

secondary

#C6503E

accent

#280CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCED

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

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