#72E8EB#72E8EB

#72E8EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.107 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8EB
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 235)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -32.41, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 34.44, 199.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.1017 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.107 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7853, 67.2841, 88.8920)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8EB #EB7572

analogous

#72EBB1 #72E8EB #72ABEB

triadic

#72E8EB #EB72E8 #E8EB72

tetradic

#72E8EB #B172EB #EB7572 #ABEB72

square

#72E8EB #B172EB #EB7572 #ABEB72

split-complementary

#72E8EB #EB72AB #EBB172

monochromatic

#1CC2C6 #3CDFE3 #72E8EB #A8F1F3 #DDF9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#72E8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#72E8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8EB

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8EB	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03EFE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.107 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4eff1',
    500: '#72e8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8eb;
$custom-light: #a4eff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86405,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8EB

secondary

#C3413E

accent

#130ED7

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8EB

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

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