Recognised as Colour

#72F3CD

#72F3CD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#72F3CD is a cyan with RGB values 114, 243, 205 and HSL 162°, 84%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#72F3CD

RGBrgb(114, 243, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.9529, 0.8039

RGB percentages44.7%, 95.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(162.3, 84.3%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.3, 53.1%, 95.3%)

CMYK53.1%, 0%, 15.6%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,533,517

CSS custom property--colour: #72F3CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.42:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#8D0C32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDE5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D7D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#33F5E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 4.7 Turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7 Aqua · ΔE 22.1 Cyan · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 4.67, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F37298

Analogous#72F38C, #72D9F3

Triadic#CD72F3, #F3CD72

Split complementary#F372D9, #F38C72

Tetradic#8C72F3, #F37298, #D9F372

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D0FBEE

Lighter +10%#A1F7DE

Darker −10%#43EFBC

Darker −20%#14EBAC

Darker −30%#10BC89

Darker −40%#0C8D67

More saturated +25%#66FFD2

Less saturated −25%#85E0C5

Channel breakdown

R114

G243

B205

Red114 (44.7%)

Green243 (95.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue162.33°

Saturation (HSL)84.31%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G F3 · B CD

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