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Recognised as Colour

#72CDBE

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

#72CDBE is a cyan with RGB values 114, 205, 190 and HSL 170°, 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

#72CDBE#72CDBE
HEX#72CDBE
RGBrgb(114, 205, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8039, 0.7451
RGB percentages44.7%, 80.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(170.1, 47.6%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 44.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK44.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,523,774
CSS custom property--colour: #72CDBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8D3241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C4BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B8BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4CD0C8no 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 text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12Light seagreen · ΔE 13.8Turquoise · ΔE 14.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD7281
Analogous#72CD90, #72AFCD
Triadic#BE72CD, #CDBE72
Split complementary#CD72AF, #CD9172
Tetradic#9072CD, #CD7281, #AFCD72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F5F2
Lighter +20%#BDE8E1
Lighter +10%#98DACF
Darker −10%#4CC0AD
Darker −20%#39A08F
Darker −30%#2B7B6E
Darker −40%#1E554C
More saturated +25%#5AE5CE
Less saturated −25%#8AB5AE

Channel breakdown

R114
G205
B190
Red114 (44.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue170.11°
Saturation (HSL)47.64%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G CD · B BE

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