#72E8F5#72E8F5

#72E8F5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.108 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8F5
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 245)
HSL	hsl(186, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -29.77, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 34.03, 208.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0977 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.108 205)
XYZ	xyz(52.2708, 67.8783, 96.7157)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8F5 #F57F72

analogous

#72F5C0 #72E8F5 #72A6F5

triadic

#72E8F5 #F572E8 #E8F572

tetradic

#72E8F5 #C072F5 #F57F72 #A6F572

square

#72E8F5 #C072F5 #F57F72 #A6F572

split-complementary

#72E8F5 #F572A6 #F5C072

monochromatic

#10C9DD #39DFF1 #72E8F5 #ABF1F9 #E2FAFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#72E8F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#72E8F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8F5

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8F5	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E0F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.108 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5eff8',
    500: '#72e8f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8f5;
$custom-light: #a5eff8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86744,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.67883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8F5

secondary

#CF4B3C

accent

#1902E3

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8F5

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

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