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Recognised as Colour

#72F5DC

  • #72F5DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#72F5DC is a cyan with RGB values 114, 245, 220 and HSL 169°, 87%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#72F5DC#72F5DC
HEX#72F5DC
RGBrgb(114, 245, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.9608, 0.8627
RGB percentages44.7%, 96.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(168.5, 86.8%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 53.5%, 96.1%)
CMYK53.5%, 0%, 10.2%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,534,044
CSS custom property--colour: #72F5DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#8D0A23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECE8DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1EF8EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.4Aquamarine · ΔE 9.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16Aqua · ΔE 16.5Cyan · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5728B
Analogous#72F59B, #72CCF5
Triadic#DC72F5, #F5DC72
Split complementary#F572CC, #F59B72
Tetradic#9B72F5, #F5728B, #CCF572

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1FCF4
Lighter +10%#A2F8E8
Darker −10%#42F2D0
Darker −20%#13EEC4
Darker −30%#0EC09E
Darker −40%#0A9177
More saturated +25%#68FFE2
Less saturated −25%#85E2D0

Channel breakdown

R114
G245
B220
Red114 (44.7%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue168.55°
Saturation (HSL)86.75%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G F5 · B DC

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