#72FAE5#72FAE5

#72FAE5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.123 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72FAE5
RGB	rgb(114, 250, 229)
HSL	hsl(171, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -42.15, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 42.17, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.1233 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.123 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2617, 77.6005, 86.1797)
Luminance	0.7761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72FAE5 #FA7287

analogous

#72FAA1 #72FAE5 #72CBFA

triadic

#72FAE5 #E572FA #FAE572

tetradic

#72FAE5 #A172FA #FA7287 #CBFA72

square

#72FAE5 #A172FA #FA7287 #CBFA72

split-complementary

#72FAE5 #FA72CB #FAA172

monochromatic

#08E9C7 #37F8DA #72FAE5 #ADFCF0 #E1FEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#72FAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#72FAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72FAE5

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72FAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72FAE5	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBDEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00FEF3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72fae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 250, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.123 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5fced',
    500: '#72fae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72fae5;
$custom-light: #a5fced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72fae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.735,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90351,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72FAE5

secondary

#D63B53

accent

#0023E6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FFFD

border

#D0D7D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72FAE5

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

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