#72E4E3#72E4E3

#72E4E3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.104 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E4E3
RGB	rgb(114, 228, 227)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -32.58, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 33.93, 196.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.1007 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.104 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5423, 64.6059, 82.5702)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E4E3 #E47273

analogous

#72E4AA #72E4E3 #72ACE4

triadic

#72E4E3 #E372E4 #E4E372

tetradic

#72E4E3 #AA72E4 #E47273 #ACE472

square

#72E4E3 #AA72E4 #E47273 #ACE472

split-complementary

#72E4E3 #E472AC #E4AA72

monochromatic

#23B8B7 #3FDAD9 #72E4E3 #A5EEED #D9F8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#72E4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#72E4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4E3

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E4E3	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.104 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3edeb',
    500: '#72e4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e4e3;
$custom-light: #a3edeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85227,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E4E3

secondary

#B94243

accent

#1617D0

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E4E3

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

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