#72E8DA#72E8DA

#72E8DA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.109 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8DA
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 218)
HSL	hsl(173, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -36.69, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 36.85, 185.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.1088 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.109 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4456, 66.3482, 76.5696)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8DA #E87280

analogous

#72E89F #72E8DA #72BBE8

triadic

#72E8DA #DA72E8 #E8DA72

tetradic

#72E8DA #9F72E8 #E87280 #BBE872

square

#72E8DA #9F72E8 #E87280 #BBE872

split-complementary

#72E8DA #E872BB #E89F72

monochromatic

#1FC0AD #3DDFCC #72E8DA #A7F1E8 #DBF9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#72E8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8DA

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8DA	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEDDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BECE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.109 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f0e5',
    500: '#72e8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8da;
$custom-light: #a3f0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85866,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8DA

secondary

#BF3F4E

accent

#1129D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101615

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8DA

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

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