#72EBF0#72EBF0

#72EBF0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.109 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EBF0
RGB	rgb(114, 235, 240)
HSL	hsl(182, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -32.52, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 34.95, 201.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.1029 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.109 199)
XYZ	xyz(52.3695, 69.2804, 93.0338)
Luminance	0.6928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EBF0 #F07772

analogous

#72F0B6 #72EBF0 #72ACF0

triadic

#72EBF0 #F072EB #EBF072

tetradic

#72EBF0 #B672F0 #F07772 #ACF072

square

#72EBF0 #B672F0 #F07772 #ACF072

split-complementary

#72EBF0 #F072AC #F0B672

monochromatic

#16CAD1 #3BE3EA #72EBF0 #A9F3F6 #E1FBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72EBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#72EBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EBF0

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EBF0	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D2F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ebf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 235, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.109 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f1f4',
    500: '#72ebf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ebf0;
$custom-light: #a5f1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ebf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.381,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87256,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.69285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EBF0

secondary

#C9433D

accent

#1108DD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EBF0

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

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