#72E6EC#72E6EC

#72E6EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.105 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E6EC
RGB	rgb(114, 230, 236)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -31.20, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 33.80, 202.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0992 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.105 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3704, 66.2225, 89.4684)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E6EC #EC7872

analogous

#72ECB5 #72E6EC #72A9EC

triadic

#72E6EC #EC72E6 #E6EC72

tetradic

#72E6EC #B572EC #EC7872 #A9EC72

square

#72E6EC #B572EC #EC7872 #A9EC72

split-complementary

#72E6EC #EC72A9 #ECB572

monochromatic

#1BC0C9 #3CDCE5 #72E6EC #A8F0F3 #DEF9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#72E6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E6EC

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E6EC	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 230, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.105 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4eef2',
    500: '#72e6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e6ec;
$custom-light: #a4eef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85982,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E6EC

secondary

#C4453E

accent

#170DD8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E6EC

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

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