Colour

#72FFF0

#72FFF0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#72FFF0 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 255, 240 and HSL 174°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#72FFF0#72FFF0

HEX#72FFF0

RGBrgb(114, 255, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 1, 0.9412

RGB percentages44.7%, 100%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(173.6, 100%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 55.3%, 100%)

CMYK55.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,536,624

CSS custom property--colour: #72FFF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.28:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#8D000F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3F2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE2F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Aqua · ΔE 11.7 Cyan · ΔE 11.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF7281

Analogous#72FFA9, #72C7FF

Triadic#F072FF, #FFF072

Split complementary#FF72C7, #FFA972

Tetradic#AA72FF, #FF7281, #C8FF72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D8FFFB

Lighter +10%#A5FFF5

Darker −10%#3FFFEB

Darker −20%#0CFFE5

Darker −30%#00D8C1

Darker −40%#00A593

More saturated +25%#72FFF0

Less saturated −25%#84EDE2

Channel breakdown

R114

G255

B240

Red114 (44.7%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue173.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G FF · B F0

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