#72ECE6#72ECE6

#72ECE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.110 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECE6
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 230)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 2.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -35.56, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 36.35, 192.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.108 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.11 191)
XYZ	xyz(51.2118, 69.2767, 85.5205)
Luminance	0.6928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECE6 #EC7278

analogous

#72ECA9 #72ECE6 #72B5EC

triadic

#72ECE6 #E672EC #ECE672

tetradic

#72ECE6 #A972EC #EC7278 #B5EC72

square

#72ECE6 #A972EC #EC7278 #B5EC72

split-complementary

#72ECE6 #EC72B5 #ECA972

monochromatic

#1BC9C0 #3CE5DC #72ECE6 #A8F3F0 #DEFBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72ECE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#72ECE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECE6

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECE6	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11F2EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ece6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.110 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2ed',
    500: '#72ece6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ece6;
$custom-light: #a4f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ece6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87159,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.69281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECE6

secondary

#C43E45

accent

#0D17D8

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECE6

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

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