#72EBEF#72EBEF

#72EBEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.109 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EBEF
RGB	rgb(114, 235, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -32.78, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 35.02, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.1033 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.109 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2213, 69.2212, 92.2536)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EBEF #EF7672

analogous

#72EFB5 #72EBEF #72ADEF

triadic

#72EBEF #EF72EB #EBEF72

tetradic

#72EBEF #B572EF #EF7672 #ADEF72

square

#72EBEF #B572EF #EF7672 #ADEF72

split-complementary

#72EBEF #EF72AD #EFB572

monochromatic

#18C9CF #3BE3E9 #72EBEF #A9F3F5 #E0FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72EBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#72EBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EBEF

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EBEF	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D2F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ebef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 235, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.109 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f2f4',
    500: '#72ebef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ebef;
$custom-light: #a5f2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ebef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.92,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87222,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EBEF

secondary

#C8423D

accent

#100ADC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EBEF

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

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