#72ECF8#72ECF8

#72ECF8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.110 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECF8
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 248)
HSL	hsl(185, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 4.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -30.88, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 34.89, 207.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.1007 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.11 204)
XYZ	xyz(53.8712, 70.3405, 99.5268)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECF8 #F87E72

analogous

#72F8C1 #72ECF8 #72A9F8

triadic

#72ECF8 #F872EC #ECF872

tetradic

#72ECF8 #C172F8 #F87E72 #A9F872

square

#72ECF8 #C172F8 #F87E72 #A9F872

split-complementary

#72ECF8 #F872A9 #F8C172

monochromatic

#0BD1E4 #38E4F5 #72ECF8 #ACF4FB #E2FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#72ECF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#72ECF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECF8

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECF8	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE3F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D4F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F4EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.110 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f2fa',
    500: '#72ecf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecf8;
$custom-light: #a5f2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87754,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.70346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECF8

secondary

#D3493B

accent

#1500E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECF8

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

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