#72FAD8#72FAD8
#72FAD8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.130 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #72FAD8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(114, 250, 216) |
| HSL | hsl(165, 93%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(165, 54%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 13.6%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.28, -45.22, 5.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.28, 45.50, 173.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.98% -0.1289 0.0127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.98% 0.13 174.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5141, 76.9014, 76.9758) |
| Luminance | 0.7691 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Light Aqua
#8CFFDB
ΔE00 2.49
Light Turquoise
#7EF4CC
ΔE00 2.77
Aquamarine
#7FFFD4
ΔE00 2.82
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 3.19
Light Aquamarine
#7BFDC7
ΔE00 5.25
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#72FAD8 #FA7294
analogous
#72FA94 #72FAD8 #72D8FA
triadic
#72FAD8 #D872FA #FAD872
tetradic
#72FAD8 #9472FA #FA7294 #D8FA72
square
#72FAD8 #9472FA #FA7294 #D8FA72
split-complementary
#72FAD8 #FA72D8 #FA9472
monochromatic
#08E9B1 #37F8C8 #72FAD8 #ADFCE8 #E1FEF7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#72FAD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.38
#72FAD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #72FAD8
16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##72FAD8 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##72FAD8 | 1.00 | 1.28 | 16.38 | 16.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2ECD6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEDDDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21FDF0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #72fad8; /* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 250, 216); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.130 174.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a5fce4',
500: '#72fad8',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #72fad8; $custom-light: #a5fce4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#72fad8",
"rgb": {
"r": 114,
"g": 250,
"b": 216
},
"hsl": {
"h": 165,
"s": 93.151,
"l": 71.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89984,
"c": 0.1295,
"h": 174.4
},
"luminance": 0.76906
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#72FAD8
secondary
#D63B61
accent
#0039E6
background
#FDFFFE
surface
#F7FFFC
border
#D0D7D5
text
#101715
muted
#818584