#72E5E4#72E5E4

#72E5E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.105 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E5E4
RGB	rgb(114, 229, 228)
HSL	hsl(179, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -32.79, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 34.15, 196.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.1013 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.105 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9566, 65.2130, 83.3912)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E5E4 #E57273

analogous

#72E5AA #72E5E4 #72ADE5

triadic

#72E5E4 #E472E5 #E5E472

tetradic

#72E5E4 #AA72E5 #E57273 #ADE572

square

#72E5E4 #AA72E5 #E57273 #ADE572

split-complementary

#72E5E4 #E572AD #E5AA72

monochromatic

#22BAB9 #3EDBDA #72E5E4 #A6EFEE #D9F8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#72E5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#72E5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E5E4

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E5E4	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DEBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 229, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.105 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3edec',
    500: '#72e5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e5e4;
$custom-light: #a3edec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85489,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E5E4

secondary

#BA4142

accent

#1516D1

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E5E4

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

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