Colour

#72E1CC

#72E1CC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#72E1CC is a cyan with RGB values 114, 225, 204 and HSL 169°, 65%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#72E1CC#72E1CC

HEX#72E1CC

RGBrgb(114, 225, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8824, 0.8

RGB percentages44.7%, 88.2%, 80%

HSLhsl(168.6, 64.9%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.6, 49.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK49.3%, 0%, 9.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,528,908

CSS custom property--colour: #72E1CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#8D1E33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9D6CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7C9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Tritanopia#3CE4DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E17287

Analogous#72E195, #72BFE1

Triadic#CC72E1, #E1CC72

Split complementary#E172BF, #E19472

Tetradic#9472E1, #E17287, #BFE172

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0FCFA

Lighter +20%#C6F3EA

Lighter +10%#9CEADB

Darker −10%#48D8BD

Darker −20%#2AC3A6

Darker −30%#219983

Darker −40%#186F5F

More saturated +25%#5DF6D9

Less saturated −25%#87CCBF

Channel breakdown

R114

G225

B204

Red114 (44.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue168.65°

Saturation (HSL)64.91%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G E1 · B CC

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