#72E4EF#72E4EF

#72E4EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.105 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E4EF
RGB	rgb(114, 228, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -29.45, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 33.19, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0958 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.105 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2565, 65.2916, 91.5987)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E4EF #EF7D72

analogous

#72EFBC #72E4EF #72A6EF

triadic

#72E4EF #EF72E4 #E4EF72

tetradic

#72E4EF #BC72EF #EF7D72 #A6EF72

square

#72E4EF #BC72EF #EF7D72 #A6EF72

split-complementary

#72E4EF #EF72A6 #EFBC72

monochromatic

#18BFCF #3BD9E9 #72E4EF #A9EFF5 #E0F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#72E4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#72E4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4EF

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E4EF	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.105 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ecf4',
    500: '#72e4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e4ef;
$custom-light: #a4ecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.28,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85629,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E4EF

secondary

#C8493D

accent

#1C0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E4EF

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

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