#72ECE5#72ECE5

#72ECE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.110 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECE5
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 229)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -35.81, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 36.50, 191.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.1085 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.11 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0718, 69.2207, 84.7831)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECE5 #EC7279

analogous

#72ECA8 #72ECE5 #72B6EC

triadic

#72ECE5 #E572EC #ECE572

tetradic

#72ECE5 #A872EC #EC7279 #B6EC72

square

#72ECE5 #A872EC #EC7279 #B6EC72

split-complementary

#72ECE5 #EC72B6 #ECA872

monochromatic

#1BC9BF #3CE5DB #72ECE5 #A8F3EF #DEFBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72ECE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#72ECE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECE5

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECE5	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ece5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.110 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2ed',
    500: '#72ece5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ece5;
$custom-light: #a4f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ece5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87128,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECE5

secondary

#C43E46

accent

#0D19D8

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECE5

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

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