#72DCEF#72DCEF

#72DCEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.101 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCEF
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -25.56, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 31.67, 216.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0872 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.101 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1065, 60.9914, 90.8820)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCEF #EF8572

analogous

#72EFC4 #72DCEF #729EEF

triadic

#72DCEF #EF72DC #DCEF72

tetradic

#72DCEF #C472EF #EF8572 #9EEF72

square

#72DCEF #C472EF #EF8572 #9EEF72

split-complementary

#72DCEF #EF729E #EFC472

monochromatic

#18B3CF #3BCEE9 #72DCEF #A9EAF5 #E0F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#72DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCEF

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCEF	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.101 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e7f4',
    500: '#72dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcef;
$custom-light: #a3e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83814,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCEF

secondary

#C8523D

accent

#2A0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCEF

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

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