#72E8DB#72E8DB

#72E8DB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.109 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8DB
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 219)
HSL	hsl(173, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -36.45, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 36.66, 186.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.1084 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.109 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5768, 66.4007, 77.2608)
Luminance	0.6641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8DB #E8727F

analogous

#72E8A0 #72E8DB #72BAE8

triadic

#72E8DB #DB72E8 #E8DB72

tetradic

#72E8DB #A072E8 #E8727F #BAE872

square

#72E8DB #A072E8 #E8727F #BAE872

split-complementary

#72E8DB #E872BA #E8A072

monochromatic

#1FC0AF #3DDFCE #72E8DB #A7F1E8 #DBF9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#72E8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8DB

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8DB	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEDDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.109 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f0e6',
    500: '#72e8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8db;
$custom-light: #a3f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85896,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8DB

secondary

#BF3F4D

accent

#1127D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101615

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8DB

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

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