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Recognised as Colour

#72DEF9

  • #72DEF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#72DEF9 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 222, 249 and HSL 192°, 92%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#72DEF9#72DEF9
HEX#72DEF9
RGBrgb(114, 222, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8706, 0.9765
RGB percentages44.7%, 87.1%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(192, 91.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 54.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK54.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,528,185
CSS custom property--colour: #72DEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.53:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#8D2106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E8E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.9Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 17.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F98D72
Analogous#72F9D1, #729AF9
Triadic#F972DE, #DEF972
Split complementary#F9729A, #F9D172
Tetradic#D172F9, #F98D72, #9AF972

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4F5FD
Lighter +10%#A3E9FB
Darker −10%#41D3F7
Darker −20%#10C7F5
Darker −30%#09A3C9
Darker −40%#067B99
More saturated +25%#6CE2FF
Less saturated −25%#84D3E7

Channel breakdown

R114
G222
B249
Red114 (44.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)91.84%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G DE · B F9

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