#72EAED#72EAED

#72EAED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.108 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAED
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 237)
HSL	hsl(181, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -32.83, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 34.88, 199.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.103 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.108 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6420, 68.5326, 90.6110)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAED #ED7572

analogous

#72EDB3 #72EAED #72ADED

triadic

#72EAED #ED72EA #EAED72

tetradic

#72EAED #B372ED #ED7572 #ADED72

square

#72EAED #B372ED #ED7572 #ADED72

split-complementary

#72EAED #ED72AD #EDB372

monochromatic

#1AC6CB #3CE2E6 #72EAED #A8F2F4 #DFFAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72EAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#72EAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAED

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAED	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.108 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f1f2',
    500: '#72eaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eaed;
$custom-light: #a4f1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86928,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAED

secondary

#C6413E

accent

#110CDA

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAED

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

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