#72E8F6#72E8F6

#72E8F6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.108 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8F6
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 246)
HSL	hsl(186, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -29.51, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 34.04, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0973 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.108 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4239, 67.9395, 97.5219)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8F6 #F68072

analogous

#72F6C2 #72E8F6 #72A6F6

triadic

#72E8F6 #F672E8 #E8F672

tetradic

#72E8F6 #C272F6 #F68072 #A6F672

square

#72E8F6 #C272F6 #F68072 #A6F672

split-complementary

#72E8F6 #F672A6 #F6C272

monochromatic

#0EC9DF #38DFF2 #72E8F6 #ACF1FA #E2FAFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#72E8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#72E8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8F6

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8F6	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E0F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.108 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5eff9',
    500: '#72e8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8f6;
$custom-light: #a5eff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86779,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8F6

secondary

#D14B3C

accent

#1901E5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8F6

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

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