#72ECE8#72ECE8

#72ECE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.110 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECE8
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 232)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -35.05, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 36.07, 193.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.1072 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.11 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4943, 69.3897, 87.0081)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECE8 #EC7276

analogous

#72ECAB #72ECE8 #72B3EC

triadic

#72ECE8 #E872EC #ECE872

tetradic

#72ECE8 #AB72EC #EC7276 #B3EC72

square

#72ECE8 #AB72EC #EC7276 #B3EC72

split-complementary

#72ECE8 #EC72B3 #ECAB72

monochromatic

#1BC9C3 #3CE5DF #72ECE8 #A8F3F1 #DEFBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72ECE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#72ECE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECE8

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECE8	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09F2EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ece8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.110 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2ef',
    500: '#72ece8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ece8;
$custom-light: #a4f2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ece8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87223,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECE8

secondary

#C43E42

accent

#0D14D8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECE8

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

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