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Recognised as Colour

#72CFF7

  • #72CFF7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#72CFF7 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 207, 247 and HSL 198°, 89%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#72CFF7#72CFF7
HEX#72CFF7
RGBrgb(114, 207, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8118, 0.9686
RGB percentages44.7%, 81.2%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(198, 89.3%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 53.8%, 96.9%)
CMYK53.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,524,343
CSS custom property--colour: #72CFF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#8D3008

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BACCF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BDF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Powder blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F79A72
Analogous#72F7DD, #728CF7
Triadic#F772CF, #CFF772
Split complementary#F7728C, #F7DD72
Tetradic#DD72F7, #F79A72, #8CF772

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3F0FC
Lighter +10%#A2DFFA
Darker −10%#42BFF4
Darker −20%#11AEF2
Darker −30%#0B8DC5
Darker −40%#086A95
More saturated +25%#6AD2FF
Less saturated −25%#85C8E4

Channel breakdown

R114
G207
B247
Red114 (44.7%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue198.05°
Saturation (HSL)89.26%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G CF · B F7

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