#72EAE5#72EAE5

#72EAE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.109 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAE5
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 229)
HSL	hsl(178, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(178, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -34.88, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 35.77, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.1063 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.109 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4992, 68.0755, 84.5922)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAE5 #EA7277

analogous

#72EAA9 #72EAE5 #72B3EA

triadic

#72EAE5 #E572EA #EAE572

tetradic

#72EAE5 #A972EA #EA7277 #B3EA72

square

#72EAE5 #A972EA #EA7277 #B3EA72

split-complementary

#72EAE5 #EA72B3 #EAA972

monochromatic

#1DC4BD #3DE2DB #72EAE5 #A7F2EF #DDFAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#72EAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#72EAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAE5

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAE5	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)

#DEE0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16F0E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.109 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f1ed',
    500: '#72eae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eae5;
$custom-light: #a4f1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86668,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAE5

secondary

#C23E44

accent

#0F18D6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAE5

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

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