#72EBE5#72EBE5

#72EBE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.109 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EBE5
RGB	rgb(114, 235, 229)
HSL	hsl(177, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -35.34, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 36.13, 191.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.1074 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.109 191)
XYZ	xyz(50.7847, 68.6465, 84.6874)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EBE5 #EB7278

analogous

#72EBA8 #72EBE5 #72B4EB

triadic

#72EBE5 #E572EB #EBE572

tetradic

#72EBE5 #A872EB #EB7278 #B4EB72

square

#72EBE5 #A872EB #EB7278 #B4EB72

split-complementary

#72EBE5 #EB72B4 #EBA872

monochromatic

#1CC6BE #3CE3DB #72EBE5 #A8F3EF #DDFAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72EBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#72EBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EBE5

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EBE5	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)

#DFE1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15F1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ebe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 235, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.109 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2ed',
    500: '#72ebe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ebe5;
$custom-light: #a4f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ebe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86898,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.68651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EBE5

secondary

#C33E45

accent

#0E18D7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EBE5

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

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