#72acb0

Color #72acb0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.88 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#72acb0

RGB

rgb(114, 172, 176)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 28.2%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 35.2%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(66.68, -17.77, -8.05)

LCH

lch(66.68, 19.51, 204.37)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0606, 201.4)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 44.7%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b07672

Analogous

#72b095

#72acb0

#728db0

Triadic

#72acb0

#b072ac

#acb072

Split-complementary

#72acb0

#b0728d

#b09572

Tetradic

#72acb0

#7672b0

#b07672

#acb072

Square

#72acb0

#9572b0

#b07672

#8db072

Shades

Color #72acb0 mixed toward black.

#57979b

#45787c

#345a5d

#233c3e

#111e1f

Tints

Color #72acb0 mixed toward white.

#8ababd

#a1c8ca

#b9d6d8

#d0e3e5

#e8f1f2

Tones

Color #72acb0 mixed toward gray.

#77a8ab

#7ca3a6

#829fa1

#879a9b

#8c9696

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8faf · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#8b87af · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#76aeae · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72acb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72acb0]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72acb0 (#72acb0) is rgb(114, 172, 176) in RGB.

No, #72acb0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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