#72EAE8#72EAE8

#72EAE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.108 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAE8
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 232)
HSL	hsl(179, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 0.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -34.12, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 35.38, 195.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.1051 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.108 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9217, 68.2445, 86.8173)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAE8 #EA7274

analogous

#72EAAC #72EAE8 #72B0EA

triadic

#72EAE8 #E872EA #EAE872

tetradic

#72EAE8 #AC72EA #EA7274 #B0EA72

square

#72EAE8 #AC72EA #EA7274 #B0EA72

split-complementary

#72EAE8 #EA72B0 #EAAC72

monochromatic

#1DC4C2 #3DE2DF #72EAE8 #A7F2F1 #DDFAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72EAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#72EAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAE8

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAE8	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DF0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.108 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f1ef',
    500: '#72eae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eae8;
$custom-light: #a4f1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86765,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAE8

secondary

#C23E40

accent

#0F13D6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAE8

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

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