#72EBF8#72EBF8

#72EBF8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.110 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EBF8
RGB	rgb(114, 235, 248)
HSL	hsl(186, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -30.41, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 34.67, 208.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0997 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.11 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5841, 69.7663, 99.4311)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EBF8 #F87F72

analogous

#72F8C2 #72EBF8 #72A8F8

triadic

#72EBF8 #F872EB #EBF872

tetradic

#72EBF8 #C272F8 #F87F72 #A8F872

square

#72EBF8 #C272F8 #F87F72 #A8F872

split-complementary

#72EBF8 #F872A8 #F8C272

monochromatic

#0BCFE4 #38E3F5 #72EBF8 #ACF3FB #E2FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#72EBF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#72EBF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EBF8

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EBF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EBF8	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBE3F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D3F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ebf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 235, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.110 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f1fa',
    500: '#72ebf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ebf8;
$custom-light: #a5f1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ebf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87528,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EBF8

secondary

#D34A3B

accent

#1600E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EBF8

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

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