#72E9EF#72E9EF

#72E9EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.108 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E9EF
RGB	rgb(114, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(183, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -31.84, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 34.46, 202.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.1012 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.108 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6519, 68.0824, 92.0638)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E9EF #EF7872

analogous

#72EFB7 #72E9EF #72ABEF

triadic

#72E9EF #EF72E9 #E9EF72

tetradic

#72E9EF #B772EF #EF7872 #ABEF72

square

#72E9EF #B772EF #EF7872 #ABEF72

split-complementary

#72E9EF #EF72AB #EFB772

monochromatic

#18C6CF #3BE0E9 #72E9EF #A9F2F5 #E0FAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#72E9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#72E9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E9EF

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E9EF	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBE0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.108 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f0f4',
    500: '#72e9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e9ef;
$custom-light: #a4f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86766,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E9EF

secondary

#C8443D

accent

#140ADC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E9EF

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

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