#72ECD8#72ECD8

#72ECD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.114 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECD8
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -39.00, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 39.01, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.114 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.114 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3242, 68.5217, 75.5791)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECD8 #EC7286

analogous

#72EC9B #72ECD8 #72C3EC

triadic

#72ECD8 #D872EC #ECD872

tetradic

#72ECD8 #9B72EC #EC7286 #C3EC72

square

#72ECD8 #9B72EC #EC7286 #C3EC72

split-complementary

#72ECD8 #EC72C3 #EC9B72

monochromatic

#1BC9AC #3CE5C9 #72ECD8 #A8F3E7 #DEFBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#72ECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#72ECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECD8

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECD8	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BF0E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.114 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3f2e4',
    500: '#72ecd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecd8;
$custom-light: #a3f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86733,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECD8

secondary

#C43E54

accent

#0D2ED8

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECD8

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

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