#72EAFA#72EAFA

#72EAFA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.110 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAFA
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 250)
HSL	hsl(187, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -29.39, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 34.48, 211.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0978 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.11 207)
XYZ	xyz(53.6106, 69.3201, 100.9788)
Luminance	0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAFA #FA8272

analogous

#72FAC6 #72EAFA #72A6FA

triadic

#72EAFA #FA72EA #EAFA72

tetradic

#72EAFA #C672FA #FA8272 #A6FA72

square

#72EAFA #C672FA #FA8272 #A6FA72

split-complementary

#72EAFA #FA72A6 #FAC672

monochromatic

#08CFE9 #37E1F8 #72EAFA #ADF3FC #E1FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72EAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#72EAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAFA

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAFA	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9E2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4D2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.110 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f1fc',
    500: '#72eafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eafa;
$custom-light: #a5f1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87371,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.69325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAFA

secondary

#D64D3B

accent

#1B00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAFA

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

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