Colour

#72CCA1

#72CCA1
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#72CCA1 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 204, 161 and HSL 151°, 47%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#72CCA1#72CCA1

HEX#72CCA1

RGBrgb(114, 204, 161)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8, 0.6314

RGB percentages44.7%, 80%, 63.1%

HSLhsl(151.3, 46.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.3, 44.1%, 80%)

CMYK44.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,523,489

CSS custom property--colour: #72CCA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1

Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#8D335E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAC09Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCB6A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Tritanopia#5ACCC0no 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 text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 18.9 Medium seagreen · ΔE 19 Turquoise · ΔE 19.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CC729D

Analogous#72CC74, #72CACC

Triadic#A172CC, #CCA172

Split complementary#CC72CA, #CC7472

Tetradic#7472CC, #CC729D, #CACC72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2F5EC

Lighter +20%#BDE7D3

Lighter +10%#97DABA

Darker −10%#4DBE88

Darker −20%#399F6E

Darker −30%#2C7954

Darker −40%#1E543A

More saturated +25%#5AE4A2

Less saturated −25%#8AB4A0

Channel breakdown

R114

G204

B161

Red114 (44.7%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue161 (63.1%)

Hue151.33°

Saturation (HSL)46.88%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G CC · B A1

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