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Colour

#72AEA5

  • #72AEA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#72AEA5 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 174, 165 and HSL 171°, 27%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#72AEA5#72AEA5
HEX#72AEA5
RGBrgb(114, 174, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.6824, 0.6471
RGB percentages44.7%, 68.2%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(171, 27%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 34.5%, 68.2%)
CMYK34.5%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,515,813
CSS custom property--colour: #72AEA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#8D515A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A8A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA0A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#5EB0ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.4Light seagreen · ΔE 16.8Dark cyan · ΔE 18.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.4Teal · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE727B
Analogous#72AE87, #7299AE
Triadic#A572AE, #AEA572
Split complementary#AE7299, #AE8772
Tetradic#8772AE, #AE727B, #99AE72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F8F8
Lighter +30%#D3E6E3
Lighter +20%#B3D3CE
Lighter +10%#92C1BA
Darker −10%#56978D
Darker −20%#44766F
Darker −30%#315650
Darker −40%#1F3532
More saturated +25%#56CAB8
Less saturated −25%#8E9292

Channel breakdown

R114
G174
B165
Red114 (44.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue171°
Saturation (HSL)27.03%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G AE · B A5

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