#72DCEE#72DCEE

#72DCEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.101 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCEE
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -25.83, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 31.61, 215.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0876 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.101 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9591, 60.9325, 90.1061)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCEE #EE8472

analogous

#72EEC2 #72DCEE #729EEE

triadic

#72DCEE #EE72DC #DCEE72

tetradic

#72DCEE #C272EE #EE8472 #9EEE72

square

#72DCEE #C272EE #EE8472 #9EEE72

split-complementary

#72DCEE #EE729E #EEC272

monochromatic

#19B3CD #3BCEE7 #72DCEE #A9EAF5 #DFF7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#72DCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCEE

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCEE	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BE4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.101 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7f3',
    500: '#72dcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcee;
$custom-light: #a3e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83779,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCEE

secondary

#C7513D

accent

#290BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCEE

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

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