#72EAFE#72EAFE

#72EAFE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.111 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EAFE
RGB	rgb(114, 234, 254)
HSL	hsl(189, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -28.31, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 34.63, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0963 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.111 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2444, 69.5736, 104.3171)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EAFE #FE8672

analogous

#72FECC #72EAFE #72A4FE

triadic

#72EAFE #FE72EA #EAFE72

tetradic

#72EAFE #CC72FE #FE8672 #A4FE72

square

#72EAFE #CC72FE #FE8672 #A4FE72

split-complementary

#72EAFE #FE72A4 #FECC72

monochromatic

#02D1F4 #35E1FE #72EAFE #AFF3FE #E1FAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72EAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#72EAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EAFE

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EAFE	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F3F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 234, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.111 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f1fe',
    500: '#72eafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eafe;
$custom-light: #a5f1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87513,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EAFE

secondary

#DB5039

accent

#2100E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EAFE

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

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