#72E5EF#72E5EF

#72E5EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.105 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E5EF
RGB	rgb(114, 229, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -29.93, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 33.42, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0969 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.105 203)
XYZ	xyz(50.5324, 65.8433, 91.6907)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E5EF #EF7C72

analogous

#72EFBB #72E5EF #72A7EF

triadic

#72E5EF #EF72E5 #E5EF72

tetradic

#72E5EF #BB72EF #EF7C72 #A7EF72

square

#72E5EF #BB72EF #EF7C72 #A7EF72

split-complementary

#72E5EF #EF72A7 #EFBB72

monochromatic

#18C0CF #3BDBE9 #72E5EF #A9EFF5 #E0F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#72E5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#72E5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E5EF

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E5EF	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 229, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.105 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4edf4',
    500: '#72e5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e5ef;
$custom-light: #a4edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85856,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.65848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E5EF

secondary

#C8483D

accent

#1A0ADC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E5EF

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

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