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Colour

#72E5BA

  • #72E5BA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#72E5BA is a cyan with RGB values 114, 229, 186 and HSL 158°, 69%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#72E5BA#72E5BA
HEX#72E5BA
RGBrgb(114, 229, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.898, 0.7294
RGB percentages44.7%, 89.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(157.6, 68.9%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.6, 50.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK50.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,529,914
CSS custom property--colour: #72E5BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.63:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#8D1A45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D8B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFCBBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#47E6D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.4Turquoise · ΔE 15.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5729D
Analogous#72E581, #72D6E5
Triadic#BA72E5, #E5BA72
Split complementary#E572D6, #E58172
Tetradic#8172E5, #E5729D, #D6E572

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FDF9
Lighter +20%#C8F5E4
Lighter +10%#9DEDCF
Darker −10%#47DDA5
Darker −20%#26CB8D
Darker −30%#1EA06F
Darker −40%#167552
More saturated +25%#5DFABF
Less saturated −25%#87D0B5

Channel breakdown

R114
G229
B186
Red114 (44.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue157.57°
Saturation (HSL)68.86%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G E5 · B BA

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