#72E5EA#72E5EA

#72E5EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.105 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E5EA
RGB	rgb(114, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -31.24, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 33.63, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0989 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.105 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8040, 65.5520, 87.8541)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E5EA #EA7772

analogous

#72EAB3 #72E5EA #72A9EA

triadic

#72E5EA #EA72E5 #E5EA72

tetradic

#72E5EA #B372EA #EA7772 #A9EA72

square

#72E5EA #B372EA #EA7772 #A9EA72

split-complementary

#72E5EA #EA72A9 #EAB372

monochromatic

#1DBDC4 #3DDBE2 #72E5EA #A7EFF2 #DDF9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#72E5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#72E5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E5EA

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E5EA	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.105 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4edf0',
    500: '#72e5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e5ea;
$custom-light: #a4edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85687,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E5EA

secondary

#C2443E

accent

#180FD6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E5EA

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

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