#72EDF8#72EDF8

#72EDF8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.111 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EDF8
RGB	rgb(114, 237, 248)
HSL	hsl(185, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 4.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -31.36, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 35.12, 206.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.1018 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.111 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1600, 70.9179, 99.6231)
Luminance	0.7092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EDF8 #F87D72

analogous

#72F8C0 #72EDF8 #72AAF8

triadic

#72EDF8 #F872ED #EDF872

tetradic

#72EDF8 #C072F8 #F87D72 #AAF872

square

#72EDF8 #C072F8 #F87D72 #AAF872

split-complementary

#72EDF8 #F872AA #F8C072

monochromatic

#0BD2E4 #38E6F5 #72EDF8 #ACF4FB #E2FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#72EDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#72EDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EDF8

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EDF8	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE4F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D4F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F5F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72edf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 237, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.111 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f3fa',
    500: '#72edf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72edf8;
$custom-light: #a5f3fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72edf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87981,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EDF8

secondary

#D3483B

accent

#1300E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EDF8

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

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