#72EAEF#72EAEF

#72EAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.108 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAEF
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -32.31, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 34.74, 201.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.1022 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.108 199)
XYZ	xyz(51.9358, 68.6502, 92.1585)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAEF #EF7772

analogous

#72EFB6 #72EAEF #72ACEF

triadic

#72EAEF #EF72EA #EAEF72

tetradic

#72EAEF #B672EF #EF7772 #ACEF72

square

#72EAEF #B672EF #EF7772 #ACEF72

split-complementary

#72EAEF #EF72AC #EFB672

monochromatic

#18C8CF #3BE2E9 #72EAEF #A9F2F5 #E0FAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72EAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#72EAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAEF

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAEF	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D2F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.108 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f1f4',
    500: '#72eaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eaef;
$custom-light: #a4f1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86994,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.68655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAEF

secondary

#C8433D

accent

#120ADC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAEF

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

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