#72E8CA#72E8CA

#72E8CA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.116 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8CA
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 202)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(165, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -40.49, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 40.73, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.1157 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.116 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4520, 65.5508, 66.0703)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8CA #E87290

analogous

#72E88F #72E8CA #72CBE8

triadic

#72E8CA #CA72E8 #E8CA72

tetradic

#72E8CA #8F72E8 #E87290 #CBE872

square

#72E8CA #8F72E8 #E87290 #CBE872

split-complementary

#72E8CA #E872CB #E88F72

monochromatic

#1FC097 #3DDFB6 #72E8CA #A7F1DE #DBF9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#72E8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#72E8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8CA

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8CA	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1DCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.116 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2f0da',
    500: '#72e8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8ca;
$custom-light: #a2f0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85402,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8CA

secondary

#BF3F60

accent

#1143D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFB

border

#D0D6D4

text

#101614

muted

#818583

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8CA

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

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