Recognised as Colour

#72DCB9

#72DCB9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#72DCB9 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 220, 185 and HSL 160°, 60%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#72DCB9#72DCB9

HEX#72DCB9

RGBrgb(114, 220, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8627, 0.7255

RGB percentages44.7%, 86.3%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(160.2, 60.2%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.2, 48.2%, 86.3%)

CMYK48.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,527,609

CSS custom property--colour: #72DCB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.65:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#8D2346

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7D0B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6C4BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4BDDD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5.3 Turquoise · ΔE 12.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC7295

Analogous#72DC84, #72CADC

Triadic#B972DC, #DCB972

Split complementary#DC72CA, #DC8472

Tetradic#8472DC, #DC7295, #CADC72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDFAF6

Lighter +20%#C4F0E2

Lighter +10%#9BE6CD

Darker −10%#49D2A5

Darker −20%#2EBA8C

Darker −30%#24916D

Darker −40%#1A684E

More saturated +25%#5CF2C0

Less saturated −25%#88C6B2

Channel breakdown

R114

G220

B185

Red114 (44.7%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue160.19°

Saturation (HSL)60.23%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G DC · B B9

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