#72E4ED#72E4ED

#72E4ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.104 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72E4ED
RGBrgb(114, 228, 237)
HSLhsl(184, 77%, 69%)
HSVhsv(184, 52%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(84.57, -29.98, -14.33)
CIE-LCHlch(84.57, 33.23, 205.55°)
OKLaboklab(85.56% -0.0966 -0.0396)
OKLCHoklch(85.56% 0.104 202.3)
XYZxyz(49.9627, 65.1740, 90.0512)
Luminance0.6518 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72E4ED #ED7B72
analogous
#72EDB9 #72E4ED #72A7ED
triadic
#72E4ED #ED72E4 #E4ED72
tetradic
#72E4ED #B972ED #ED7B72 #A7ED72
square
#72E4ED #B972ED #ED7B72 #A7ED72
split-complementary
#72E4ED #ED72A7 #EDB972
monochromatic
#1ABECB #3CDAE6 #72E4ED #A8EEF4 #DFF9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50
#72E4ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04
#72E4ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4ED
14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72E4ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72E4ED1.001.5014.0414.04
#FFFFFF1.501.0021.0021.00
#00000014.0421.001.001.00
##00000014.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5DCEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2CDEE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#01EBE6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72e4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.104 202.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4edf2',
    500: '#72e4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72e4ed;
$custom-light: #a4edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72e4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8556,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72E4ED
secondary
#C6483E
accent
#1B0CDA
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FDFE
border
#D0D5D6
text
#101617
muted
#818485

Preview Lab

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#72E4ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva