Colour

#72DDCC

#72DDCC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#72DDCC is a cyan with RGB values 114, 221, 204 and HSL 170°, 61%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#72DDCC#72DDCC

HEX#72DDCC

RGBrgb(114, 221, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8667, 0.8

RGB percentages44.7%, 86.7%, 80%

HSLhsl(170.5, 61.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 48.4%, 86.7%)

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

24-bit integer7,527,884

CSS custom property--colour: #72DDCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.93:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#8D2233

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D2CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C6CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Tritanopia#3EE0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Turquoise · ΔE 9.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD7283

Analogous#72DD97, #72B8DD

Triadic#CC72DD, #DDCC72

Split complementary#DD72B8, #DD9772

Tetradic#9772DD, #DD7283, #B8DD72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDFBF9

Lighter +20%#C4F1EA

Lighter +10%#9BE7DB

Darker −10%#49D3BD

Darker −20%#2DBCA5

Darker −30%#239381

Darker −40%#196A5D

More saturated +25%#5CF3DB

Less saturated −25%#88C7BD

Channel breakdown

R114

G221

B204

Red114 (44.7%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue170.47°

Saturation (HSL)61.14%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G DD · B CC

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