#72ECC5#72ECC5

#72ECC5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.124 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECC5
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 197)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(161, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -43.40, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 44.23, 168.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.1222 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.124 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0084, 67.5954, 63.3825)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECC5 #EC7299

analogous

#72EC88 #72ECC5 #72D6EC

triadic

#72ECC5 #C572EC #ECC572

tetradic

#72ECC5 #8872EC #EC7299 #D6EC72

square

#72ECC5 #8872EC #EC7299 #D6EC72

split-complementary

#72ECC5 #EC72D6 #EC8872

monochromatic

#1BC991 #3CE5AF #72ECC5 #A8F3DB #DEFBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#72ECC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#72ECC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECC5

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECC5	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6DFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.124 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f3d6',
    500: '#72ecc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecc5;
$custom-light: #a3f3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.82,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86204,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECC5

secondary

#C43E69

accent

#0D4ED8

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFB

border

#D0D6D4

text

#101714

muted

#818583

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECC5

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

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