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Recognised as Colour

#72DED2

  • #72DED2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#72DED2 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 222, 210 and HSL 173°, 62%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#72DED2#72DED2
HEX#72DED2
RGBrgb(114, 222, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8706, 0.8235
RGB percentages44.7%, 87.1%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(173.3, 62.1%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 48.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK48.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,528,146
CSS custom property--colour: #72DED2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.09:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8D212D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D4D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C7D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#38E2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.7Turquoise · ΔE 10.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE727E
Analogous#72DE9C, #72B4DE
Triadic#D272DE, #DED272
Split complementary#DE72B4, #DE9C72
Tetradic#9C72DE, #DE727E, #B4DE72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFBFA
Lighter +20%#C5F1EC
Lighter +10%#9BE8DF
Darker −10%#49D4C5
Darker −20%#2CBEAD
Darker −30%#239488
Darker −40%#196B62
More saturated +25%#5CF4E3
Less saturated −25%#88C8C1

Channel breakdown

R114
G222
B210
Red114 (44.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue173.33°
Saturation (HSL)62.07%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G DE · B D2

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