#72E8EA#72E8EA

#72E8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.107 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8EA
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -32.66, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 34.53, 198.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.1021 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.107 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6412, 67.2265, 88.1332)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8EA #EA7472

analogous

#72EAB0 #72E8EA #72ACEA

triadic

#72E8EA #EA72E8 #E8EA72

tetradic

#72E8EA #B072EA #EA7472 #ACEA72

square

#72E8EA #B072EA #EA7472 #ACEA72

split-complementary

#72E8EA #EA72AC #EAB072

monochromatic

#1DC2C4 #3DDFE2 #72E8EA #A7F1F2 #DDF9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#72E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#72E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8EA

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8EA	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.107 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4eff0',
    500: '#72e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8ea;
$custom-light: #a4eff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86372,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8EA

secondary

#C2403E

accent

#130FD6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8EA

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

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