#72ECF9#72ECF9

#72ECF9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.110 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ECF9
RGB	rgb(114, 236, 249)
HSL	hsl(186, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -30.62, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 34.88, 208.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.1003 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.11 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0268, 70.4027, 100.3461)
Luminance	0.7041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ECF9 #F97F72

analogous

#72F9C2 #72ECF9 #72A8F9

triadic

#72ECF9 #F972EC #ECF972

tetradic

#72ECF9 #C272F9 #F97F72 #A8F972

square

#72ECF9 #C272F9 #F97F72 #A8F972

split-complementary

#72ECF9 #F972A8 #F9C272

monochromatic

#0AD1E7 #37E4F7 #72ECF9 #ADF4FB #E2FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#72ECF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#72ECF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ECF9

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ECF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ECF9	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE4FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ecf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 236, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.110 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f2fb',
    500: '#72ecf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ecf9;
$custom-light: #a5f2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ecf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87789,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ECF9

secondary

#D44A3B

accent

#1600E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ECF9

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

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