#72E5ED#72E5ED

#72E5ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E5ED
RGB	rgb(114, 229, 237)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -30.46, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 33.48, 204.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0977 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2386, 65.7258, 90.1432)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E5ED #ED7A72

analogous

#72EDB8 #72E5ED #72A8ED

triadic

#72E5ED #ED72E5 #E5ED72

tetradic

#72E5ED #B872ED #ED7A72 #A8ED72

square

#72E5ED #B872ED #ED7A72 #A8ED72

split-complementary

#72E5ED #ED72A8 #EDB872

monochromatic

#1ABFCB #3CDBE6 #72E5ED #A8EFF4 #DFF9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#72E5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#72E5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E5ED

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E5ED	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 229, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4edf2',
    500: '#72e5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e5ed;
$custom-light: #a4edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.902,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85788,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E5ED

secondary

#C6473E

accent

#190CDA

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E5ED

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

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