Recognised as Colour

#72FFE2

#72FFE2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#72FFE2 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 255, 226 and HSL 168°, 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

#72FFE2#72FFE2

HEX#72FFE2

RGBrgb(114, 255, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 1, 0.8863

RGB percentages44.7%, 100%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(167.7, 100%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.7, 55.3%, 100%)

CMYK55.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,536,610

CSS custom property--colour: #72FFE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.12:1

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

Contrast with black17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#8D001D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6F1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0E1E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 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 text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.4 Turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Aqua · ΔE 16.7 Cyan · ΔE 16.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF728F

Analogous#72FF9B, #72D5FF

Triadic#E272FF, #FFE272

Split complementary#FF72D5, #FF9B72

Tetradic#9B72FF, #FF728F, #D5FF72

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%#3FFFD8

Darker −20%#0CFFCD

Darker −30%#00D8AC

Darker −40%#00A583

More saturated +25%#72FFE2

Less saturated −25%#84EDD8

Channel breakdown

R114

G255

B226

Red114 (44.7%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue167.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G FF · B E2

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