#72EEFA#72EEFA

#72EEFA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.112 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72EEFA
RGB	rgb(114, 238, 250)
HSL	hsl(185, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -31.30, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 35.31, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.102 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.112 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7622, 71.6234, 101.3627)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72EEFA #FA7E72

analogous

#72FAC2 #72EEFA #72AAFA

triadic

#72EEFA #FA72EE #EEFA72

tetradic

#72EEFA #C272FA #FA7E72 #AAFA72

square

#72EEFA #C272FA #FA7E72 #AAFA72

split-complementary

#72EEFA #FA72AA #FAC272

monochromatic

#08D5E9 #37E7F8 #72EEFA #ADF5FC #E1FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#72EEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#72EEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72EEFA

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72EEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72EEFA	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F6F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72eefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 238, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.112 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5f4fc',
    500: '#72eefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72eefa;
$custom-light: #a5f4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72eefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88276,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72EEFA

secondary

#D6483B

accent

#1400E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72EEFA

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

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