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Recognised as Colour

#72EBDC

  • #72EBDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#72EBDC is a cyan with RGB values 114, 235, 220 and HSL 173°, 75%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#72EBDC#72EBDC
HEX#72EBDC
RGBrgb(114, 235, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.9216, 0.8627
RGB percentages44.7%, 92.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(172.6, 75.2%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 51.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK51.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,531,484
CSS custom property--colour: #72EBDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.63:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#8D1423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E0DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD1DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#26EFE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Aqua · ΔE 16Cyan · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB7281
Analogous#72EBA0, #72BDEB
Triadic#DC72EB, #EBDC72
Split complementary#EB72BD, #EBA072
Tetradic#A072EB, #EB7281, #BDEB72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FEFD
Lighter +20%#CBF8F2
Lighter +10%#9FF1E7
Darker −10%#45E5D1
Darker −20%#1FD8C1
Darker −30%#18AC99
Darker −40%#127F71
More saturated +25%#5EFFEB
Less saturated −25%#86D7CD

Channel breakdown

R114
G235
B220
Red114 (44.7%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue172.56°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G EB · B DC

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