Colour

#72E4D2

#72E4D2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#72E4D2 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 228, 210 and HSL 171°, 68%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#72E4D2#72E4D2

HEX#72E4D2

RGBrgb(114, 228, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8941, 0.8235

RGB percentages44.7%, 89.4%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(170.5, 67.9%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 50%, 89.4%)

CMYK50%, 0%, 7.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,529,682

CSS custom property--colour: #72E4D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.74:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#8D1B2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBD9D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9CBD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#36E8DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Aqua · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E47284

Analogous#72E499, #72BDE4

Triadic#D272E4, #E4D272

Split complementary#E472BD, #E49972

Tetradic#9972E4, #E47284, #BDE472

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FDFB

Lighter +20%#C8F4ED

Lighter +10%#9DECE0

Darker −10%#47DCC4

Darker −20%#27C9B0

Darker −30%#1E9F8A

Darker −40%#167465

More saturated +25%#5DF9E0

Less saturated −25%#87CFC4

Channel breakdown

R114

G228

B210

Red114 (44.7%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue170.53°

Saturation (HSL)67.86%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G E4 · B D2

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