#72E4E4#72E4E4

#72E4E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.104 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E4E4
RGB	rgb(114, 228, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -32.32, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 33.82, 197.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.1003 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.104 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6807, 64.6612, 83.2992)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E4E4 #E47272

analogous

#72E4AB #72E4E4 #72ABE4

triadic

#72E4E4 #E472E4 #E4E472

tetradic

#72E4E4 #AB72E4 #E47272 #ABE472

square

#72E4E4 #AB72E4 #E47272 #ABE472

split-complementary

#72E4E4 #E472AB #E4AB72

monochromatic

#23B8B8 #3FDADA #72E4E4 #A5EEEE #D9F8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#72E4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#72E4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4E4

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E4E4	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EEAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.104 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3edec',
    500: '#72e4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e4e4;
$custom-light: #a3edec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8526,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E4E4

secondary

#B94242

accent

#1616D0

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E4E4

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

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