#72ECE9#72ECE9

#72ECE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.110 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECE9
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 233)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -34.80, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 35.94, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.1068 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.11 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6367, 69.4467, 87.7583)
Luminance	0.6945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECE9 #EC7275

analogous

#72ECAC #72ECE9 #72B2EC

triadic

#72ECE9 #E972EC #ECE972

tetradic

#72ECE9 #AC72EC #EC7275 #B2EC72

square

#72ECE9 #AC72EC #EC7275 #B2EC72

split-complementary

#72ECE9 #EC72B2 #ECAC72

monochromatic

#1BC9C4 #3CE5E1 #72ECE9 #A8F3F1 #DEFBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#72ECE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#72ECE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECE9

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECE9	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04F2EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ece9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.110 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4f2f0',
    500: '#72ece9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ece9;
$custom-light: #a4f2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ece9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87255,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECE9

secondary

#C43E41

accent

#0D12D8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECE9

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

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