#72E5FA#72E5FA

#72E5FA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.108 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E5FA
RGB	rgb(114, 229, 250)
HSL	hsl(189, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -26.97, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 33.67, 216.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0926 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.108 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2072, 66.5132, 100.5110)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E5FA #FA8772

analogous

#72FACB #72E5FA #72A1FA

triadic

#72E5FA #FA72E5 #E5FA72

tetradic

#72E5FA #CB72FA #FA8772 #A1FA72

square

#72E5FA #CB72FA #FA8772 #A1FA72

split-complementary

#72E5FA #FA72A1 #FACB72

monochromatic

#08C7E9 #37DAF8 #72E5FA #ADF0FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#72E5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E5FA

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E5FA	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCEFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 229, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.108 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5edfc',
    500: '#72e5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e5fa;
$custom-light: #a5edfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86243,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E5FA

secondary

#D6533B

accent

#2300E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E5FA

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

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