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Recognised as Colour

#72C8AD

  • #72C8AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#72C8AD is a cyan with RGB values 114, 200, 173 and HSL 161°, 44%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#72C8AD#72C8AD
HEX#72C8AD
RGBrgb(114, 200, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.7843, 0.6784
RGB percentages44.7%, 78.4%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(161.2, 43.9%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 43%, 78.4%)
CMYK43%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,522,477
CSS custom property--colour: #72C8AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#8D3752

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3BEACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B4AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#56C9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 6.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.5Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8728D
Analogous#72C882, #72B8C8
Triadic#AD72C8, #C8AD72
Split complementary#C872B8, #C88272
Tetradic#8272C8, #C8728D, #B8C872

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F3ED
Lighter +20%#BBE5D8
Lighter +10%#97D6C2
Darker −10%#4DBA98
Darker −20%#3B997B
Darker −30%#2D745E
Darker −40%#1F4F40
More saturated +25%#5AE1B6
Less saturated −25%#8BB0A4

Channel breakdown

R114
G200
B173
Red114 (44.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue161.16°
Saturation (HSL)43.88%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G C8 · B AD

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