#72EAEE#72EAEE

#72EAEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.108 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAEE
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 238)
HSL	hsl(182, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -32.57, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 34.81, 200.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.1026 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.108 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7885, 68.5912, 91.3826)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAEE #EE7672

analogous

#72EEB4 #72EAEE #72ACEE

triadic

#72EAEE #EE72EA #EAEE72

tetradic

#72EAEE #B472EE #EE7672 #ACEE72

square

#72EAEE #B472EE #EE7672 #ACEE72

split-complementary

#72EAEE #EE72AC #EEB472

monochromatic

#19C7CD #3BE2E7 #72EAEE #A9F2F5 #DFFAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72EAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#72EAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAEE

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAEE	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.108 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f1f3',
    500: '#72eaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eaee;
$custom-light: #a4f1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86961,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAEE

secondary

#C7423D

accent

#110BDB

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAEE

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

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