Recognised as Colour

#72FFE1

#72FFE1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#72FFE1 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 255, 225 and HSL 167°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#72FFE1#72FFE1

HEX#72FFE1

RGBrgb(114, 255, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 1, 0.8824

RGB percentages44.7%, 100%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(167.2, 100%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.2, 55.3%, 100%)

CMYK55.3%, 0%, 11.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,536,609

CSS custom property--colour: #72FFE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.11:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#8D001E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6F1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E1E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 6.9 Turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Aqua · ΔE 17.2 Cyan · ΔE 17.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF7290

Analogous#72FF9A, #72D7FF

Triadic#E172FF, #FFE172

Split complementary#FF72D7, #FF9A72

Tetradic#9A72FF, #FF7290, #D7FF72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D8FFF7

Lighter +10%#A5FFEC

Darker −10%#3FFFD6

Darker −20%#0CFFCB

Darker −30%#00D8AA

Darker −40%#00A582

More saturated +25%#72FFE1

Less saturated −25%#84EDD7

Channel breakdown

R114

G255

B225

Red114 (44.7%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue167.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G FF · B E1

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