#72EBEE#72EBEE

#72EBEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.109 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EBEE
RGB	rgb(114, 235, 238)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -33.04, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 35.10, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.1037 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.109 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0740, 69.1622, 91.4777)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EBEE #EE7572

analogous

#72EEB3 #72EBEE #72ADEE

triadic

#72EBEE #EE72EB #EBEE72

tetradic

#72EBEE #B372EE #EE7572 #ADEE72

square

#72EBEE #B372EE #EE7572 #ADEE72

split-complementary

#72EBEE #EE72AD #EEB372

monochromatic

#19C9CD #3BE3E7 #72EBEE #A9F3F5 #DFFAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#72EBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#72EBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EBEE

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EBEE	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ebee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 235, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.109 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2f3',
    500: '#72ebee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ebee;
$custom-light: #a4f2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ebee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.452,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87189,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EBEE

secondary

#C7413D

accent

#100BDB

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EBEE

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

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