#72E8ED#72E8ED

#72E8ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.107 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8ED
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 237)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -31.89, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 34.30, 201.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.1009 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.107 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0758, 67.4003, 90.4223)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8ED #ED7772

analogous

#72EDB5 #72E8ED #72ABED

triadic

#72E8ED #ED72E8 #E8ED72

tetradic

#72E8ED #B572ED #ED7772 #ABED72

square

#72E8ED #B572ED #ED7772 #ABED72

split-complementary

#72E8ED #ED72AB #EDB572

monochromatic

#1AC4CB #3CDFE6 #72E8ED #A8F1F4 #DFFAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#72E8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#72E8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8ED

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8ED	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.107 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4eff2',
    500: '#72e8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8ed;
$custom-light: #a4eff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86472,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8ED

secondary

#C6433E

accent

#140CDA

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8ED

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

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