#72E8D8#72E8D8

#72E8D8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.110 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8D8
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 216)
HSL	hsl(172, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -37.18, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 37.26, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.1096 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.11 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1854, 66.2442, 75.1995)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8D8 #E87282

analogous

#72E89D #72E8D8 #72BDE8

triadic

#72E8D8 #D872E8 #E8D872

tetradic

#72E8D8 #9D72E8 #E87282 #BDE872

square

#72E8D8 #9D72E8 #E87282 #BDE872

split-complementary

#72E8D8 #E872BD #E89D72

monochromatic

#1FC0AA #3DDFC9 #72E8D8 #A7F1E7 #DBF9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#72E8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8D8

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8D8	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)

#DFDDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DECE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.110 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f0e4',
    500: '#72e8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8d8;
$custom-light: #a3f0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85806,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8D8

secondary

#BF3F50

accent

#112CD4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101615

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8D8

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

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