#72E8EF#72E8EF

#72E8EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.107 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8EF
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 239)
HSL	hsl(183, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -31.36, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 34.18, 203.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.1001 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.107 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3697, 67.5178, 91.9697)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8EF #EF7972

analogous

#72EFB8 #72E8EF #72AAEF

triadic

#72E8EF #EF72E8 #E8EF72

tetradic

#72E8EF #B872EF #EF7972 #AAEF72

square

#72E8EF #B872EF #EF7972 #AAEF72

split-complementary

#72E8EF #EF72AA #EFB872

monochromatic

#18C5CF #3BDFE9 #72E8EF #A9F1F5 #E0FAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#72E8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#72E8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8EF

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8EF	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.107 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4eff4',
    500: '#72e8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8ef;
$custom-light: #a4eff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.36,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86539,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8EF

secondary

#C8453D

accent

#150ADC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8EF

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