#72E6F8#72E6F8

#72E6F8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.108 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E6F8
RGB	rgb(114, 230, 248)
HSL	hsl(188, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 7.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -28.00, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 33.71, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0944 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.108 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1727, 66.9434, 98.9607)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E6F8 #F88472

analogous

#72F8C7 #72E6F8 #72A3F8

triadic

#72E6F8 #F872E6 #E6F872

tetradic

#72E6F8 #C772F8 #F88472 #A3F872

square

#72E6F8 #C772F8 #F88472 #A3F872

split-complementary

#72E6F8 #F872A3 #F8C772

monochromatic

#0BC7E4 #38DCF5 #72E6F8 #ACF0FB #E2FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#72E6F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#72E6F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E6F8

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E6F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E6F8	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DFF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CFF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e6f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 230, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.108 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5eefa',
    500: '#72e6f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e6f8;
$custom-light: #a5eefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e6f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86397,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E6F8

secondary

#D3503B

accent

#1F00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E6F8

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

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