#72EBF9#72EBF9

#72EBF9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.110 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EBF9
RGB	rgb(114, 235, 249)
HSL	hsl(186, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -30.14, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 34.67, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0993 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.11 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7397, 69.8285, 100.2504)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EBF9 #F98072

analogous

#72F9C3 #72EBF9 #72A7F9

triadic

#72EBF9 #F972EB #EBF972

tetradic

#72EBF9 #C372F9 #F98072 #A7F972

square

#72EBF9 #C372F9 #F98072 #A7F972

split-complementary

#72EBF9 #F972A7 #F9C372

monochromatic

#0AD0E7 #37E3F7 #72EBF9 #ADF3FB #E2FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#72EBF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#72EBF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EBF9

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EBF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EBF9	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBE3FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D3F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ebf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 235, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.110 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f1fb',
    500: '#72ebf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ebf9;
$custom-light: #a5f1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ebf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.222,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87562,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EBF9

secondary

#D44B3B

accent

#1800E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EBF9

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

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