#72FAE6#72FAE6

#72FAE6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.123 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72FAE6
RGB	rgb(114, 250, 230)
HSL	hsl(171, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -41.91, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 41.95, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.1229 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.123 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4017, 77.6565, 86.9171)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72FAE6 #FA7286

analogous

#72FAA2 #72FAE6 #72CAFA

triadic

#72FAE6 #E672FA #FAE672

tetradic

#72FAE6 #A272FA #FA7286 #CAFA72

square

#72FAE6 #A272FA #FA7286 #CAFA72

split-complementary

#72FAE6 #FA72CA #FAA272

monochromatic

#08E9C8 #37F8DC #72FAE6 #ADFCF0 #E1FEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#72FAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#72FAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72FAE6

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72FAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72FAE6	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DADEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00FEF4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72fae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 250, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.123 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5fced',
    500: '#72fae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72fae6;
$custom-light: #a5fced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72fae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90381,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72FAE6

secondary

#D63B51

accent

#0022E6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FFFD

border

#D0D7D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #72FAE6

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

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