#72E8F8#72E8F8

#72E8F8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.108 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8F8
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 248)
HSL	hsl(187, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 6.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -28.97, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 34.07, 211.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0965 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.109 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7325, 68.0630, 99.1472)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8F8 #F88272

analogous

#72F8C5 #72E8F8 #72A5F8

triadic

#72E8F8 #F872E8 #E8F872

tetradic

#72E8F8 #C572F8 #F88272 #A5F872

square

#72E8F8 #C572F8 #F88272 #A5F872

split-complementary

#72E8F8 #F872A5 #F8C572

monochromatic

#0BCAE4 #38DEF5 #72E8F8 #ACF2FB #E2FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#72E8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#72E8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8F8

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8F8	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7E0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.108 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5effa',
    500: '#72e8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8f8;
$custom-light: #a5effa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86849,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8F8

secondary

#D34D3B

accent

#1B00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8F8

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

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