#72E9FA#72E9FA

#72E9FA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.109 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E9FA
RGB	rgb(114, 233, 250)
HSL	hsl(188, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -28.91, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 34.30, 212.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0968 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.109 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3267, 68.7523, 100.8842)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E9FA #FA8372

analogous

#72FAC7 #72E9FA #72A5FA

triadic

#72E9FA #FA72E9 #E9FA72

tetradic

#72E9FA #C772FA #FA8372 #A5FA72

square

#72E9FA #C772FA #FA8372 #A5FA72

split-complementary

#72E9FA #FA72A5 #FAC772

monochromatic

#08CDE9 #37E0F8 #72E9FA #ADF2FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#72E9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#72E9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E9FA

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E9FA	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2EE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 233, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.109 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f0fc',
    500: '#72e9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e9fa;
$custom-light: #a5f0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87145,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E9FA

secondary

#D64E3B

accent

#1D00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E9FA

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

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