Colour

#72CCDD

#72CCDD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#72CCDD is a cyan with RGB values 114, 204, 221 and HSL 190°, 61%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#72CCDD#72CCDD

HEX#72CCDD

RGBrgb(114, 204, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8, 0.8667

RGB percentages44.7%, 80%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(189.5, 61.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 48.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK48.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,523,549

CSS custom property--colour: #72CCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.4:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#8D3322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEC6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADB9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#35D4D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.1 Light blue · ΔE 14.3 Powder blue · ΔE 15 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD8372

Analogous#72DDB8, #7297DD

Triadic#DD72CC, #CCDD72

Split complementary#DD7297, #DDB872

Tetradic#B872DD, #DD8372, #97DD72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDF9FB

Lighter +20%#C4EAF1

Lighter +10%#9BDBE7

Darker −10%#49BDD3

Darker −20%#2DA5BC

Darker −30%#238193

Darker −40%#195D6A

More saturated +25%#5CDBF3

Less saturated −25%#88BDC7

Channel breakdown

R114

G204

B221

Red114 (44.7%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue189.53°

Saturation (HSL)61.14%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G CC · B DD

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Colour values

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