#72E8FA#72E8FA

#72E8FA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.109 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E8FA
RGB	rgb(114, 232, 250)
HSL	hsl(188, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -28.43, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 34.13, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0957 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.109 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0444, 68.1877, 100.7901)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E8FA #FA8472

analogous

#72FAC8 #72E8FA #72A4FA

triadic

#72E8FA #FA72E8 #E8FA72

tetradic

#72E8FA #C872FA #FA8472 #A4FA72

square

#72E8FA #C872FA #FA8472 #A4FA72

split-complementary

#72E8FA #FA72A4 #FAC872

monochromatic

#08CCE9 #37DEF8 #72E8FA #ADF2FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72E8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#72E8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E8FA

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E8FA	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7E0FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 232, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.109 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5effc',
    500: '#72e8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e8fa;
$custom-light: #a5effc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8692,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E8FA

secondary

#D64F3B

accent

#1E00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E8FA

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

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