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Recognised as Colour

#72A6BC

  • #72A6BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#72A6BC is a cyan with RGB values 114, 166, 188 and HSL 198°, 36%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#72A6BC#72A6BC
HEX#72A6BC
RGBrgb(114, 166, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.651, 0.7373
RGB percentages44.7%, 65.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(197.8, 35.6%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 39.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK39.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,513,788
CSS custom property--colour: #72A6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#8D5943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AA4BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#56ADADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Light slate grey · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 16.7Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Light skyblue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8872
Analogous#72BCAD, #7281BC
Triadic#BC72A6, #A6BC72
Split complementary#BC7281, #BCAD72
Tetradic#AD72BC, #BC8872, #81BC72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFDFE
Lighter +30%#DAE7ED
Lighter +20%#B7D2DD
Lighter +10%#95BCCC
Darker −10%#5190AA
Darker −20%#407288
Darker −30%#305565
Darker −40%#203842
More saturated +25%#58B1D6
Less saturated −25%#8C9BA2

Channel breakdown

R114
G166
B188
Red114 (44.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue197.84°
Saturation (HSL)35.58%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G A6 · B BC

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