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Recognised as Colour

#72C8BB

  • #72C8BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#72C8BB is a cyan with RGB values 114, 200, 187 and HSL 171°, 44%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#72C8BB#72C8BB
HEX#72C8BB
RGBrgb(114, 200, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.7843, 0.7333
RGB percentages44.7%, 78.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(170.9, 43.9%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 43%, 78.4%)
CMYK43%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,522,491
CSS custom property--colour: #72C8BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.69:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#8D3744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1BFBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B4BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4FCBC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8Light seagreen · ΔE 13.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Turquoise · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8727F
Analogous#72C890, #72AAC8
Triadic#BB72C8, #C8BB72
Split complementary#C872AA, #C89072
Tetradic#9072C8, #C8727F, #AAC872

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F3F0
Lighter +20%#BBE5DE
Lighter +10%#97D6CD
Darker −10%#4DBAA9
Darker −20%#3B998A
Darker −30%#2D7469
Darker −40%#1F4F48
More saturated +25%#5AE1CC
Less saturated −25%#8BB0AA

Channel breakdown

R114
G200
B187
Red114 (44.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue170.93°
Saturation (HSL)43.88%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G C8 · B BB

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