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Recognised as Colour

#72E6FA

  • #72E6FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#72E6FA is a cyan with RGB values 114, 230, 250 and HSL 189°, 93%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#72E6FA#72E6FA
HEX#72E6FA
RGBrgb(114, 230, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.902, 0.9804
RGB percentages44.7%, 90.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(188.8, 93.2%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 54.4%, 98%)
CMYK54.4%, 8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,530,234
CSS custom property--colour: #72E6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.41:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#8D1905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DFFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0CFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.4Powder blue · ΔE 17.8Light blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA8672
Analogous#72FACA, #72A2FA
Triadic#FA72E6, #E6FA72
Split complementary#FA72A2, #FACA72
Tetradic#CA72FA, #FA8672, #A2FA72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5F7FD
Lighter +10%#A3EFFC
Darker −10%#41DDF8
Darker −20%#0FD5F7
Darker −30%#07AFCC
Darker −40%#05859B
More saturated +25%#6DEAFF
Less saturated −25%#84D9E8

Channel breakdown

R114
G230
B250
Red114 (44.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue188.82°
Saturation (HSL)93.15%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G E6 · B FA

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