#72EDEE#72EDEE

#72EDEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.110 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EDEE
RGB	rgb(114, 237, 238)
HSL	hsl(180, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -33.98, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 35.72, 197.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.1058 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.11 196)
XYZ	xyz(52.6498, 70.3139, 91.6697)
Luminance	0.7032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EDEE #EE7372

analogous

#72EEB1 #72EDEE #72AFEE

triadic

#72EDEE #EE72ED #EDEE72

tetradic

#72EDEE #B172EE #EE7372 #AFEE72

square

#72EDEE #B172EE #EE7372 #AFEE72

split-complementary

#72EDEE #EE72AF #EEB172

monochromatic

#19CBCD #3BE6E7 #72EDEE #A9F4F5 #DFFBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#72EDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#72EDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EDEE

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EDEE	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F4ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72edee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 237, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.110 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f3f3',
    500: '#72edee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72edee;
$custom-light: #a5f3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72edee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.484,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87646,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.70319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EDEE

secondary

#C73F3D

accent

#0C0BDB

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EDEE

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

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