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Recognised as Colour

#72CDBD

  • #72CDBD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#72CDBD is a cyan with RGB values 114, 205, 189 and HSL 169°, 48%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#72CDBD#72CDBD
HEX#72CDBD
RGBrgb(114, 205, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8039, 0.7412
RGB percentages44.7%, 80.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(169.5, 47.6%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.5, 44.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK44.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,523,773
CSS custom property--colour: #72CDBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#8D3242

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C4BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B8BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#4DD0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 13.9Turquoise · ΔE 14.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD7282
Analogous#72CD8F, #72AFCD
Triadic#BD72CD, #CDBD72
Split complementary#CD72AF, #CD8F72
Tetradic#9072CD, #CD7282, #B0CD72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F5F2
Lighter +20%#BDE8E0
Lighter +10%#98DACF
Darker −10%#4CC0AB
Darker −20%#39A08E
Darker −30%#2B7B6D
Darker −40%#1E554B
More saturated +25%#5AE5CC
Less saturated −25%#8AB5AE

Channel breakdown

R114
G205
B189
Red114 (44.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue169.45°
Saturation (HSL)47.64%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G CD · B BD

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