#72ECF0#72ECF0

#72ECF0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.109 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECF0
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 240)
HSL	hsl(182, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -32.99, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 35.24, 200.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.1039 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.109 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6566, 69.8546, 93.1295)
Luminance	0.6986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECF0 #F07672

analogous

#72F0B5 #72ECF0 #72ADF0

triadic

#72ECF0 #F072EC #ECF072

tetradic

#72ECF0 #B572F0 #F07672 #ADF072

square

#72ECF0 #B572F0 #F07672 #ADF072

split-complementary

#72ECF0 #F072AD #F0B572

monochromatic

#16CBD1 #3BE5EA #72ECF0 #A9F3F6 #E1FBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#72ECF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#72ECF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECF0

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECF0	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D3F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F3ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.109 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f2f4',
    500: '#72ecf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecf0;
$custom-light: #a5f2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87483,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECF0

secondary

#C9413D

accent

#0F08DD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECF0

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

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