#72EAE9#72EAE9

#72EAE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.108 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAE9
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 233)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -33.86, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 35.27, 196.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.1047 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.108 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0641, 68.3015, 87.5675)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAE9 #EA7273

analogous

#72EAAD #72EAE9 #72AFEA

triadic

#72EAE9 #E972EA #EAE972

tetradic

#72EAE9 #AD72EA #EA7273 #AFEA72

square

#72EAE9 #AD72EA #EA7273 #AFEA72

split-complementary

#72EAE9 #EA72AF #EAAD72

monochromatic

#1DC4C3 #3DE2E1 #72EAE9 #A7F2F1 #DDFAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72EAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#72EAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAE9

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAE9	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.108 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f1f0',
    500: '#72eae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eae9;
$custom-light: #a4f1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86797,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAE9

secondary

#C23E3F

accent

#0F11D6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAE9

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

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