#72ae42

Color #72ae42

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#72ae42

RGB

rgb(114, 174, 66)

HSL

hsl(93.3, 45%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(93.3, 62.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.15, -37.96, 48.07)

LCH

lch(65.15, 61.25, 128.3)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1538, 133.52)

HWB

hwb(93.3, 25.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e42ae

Analogous

#a8ae42

#72ae42

#42ae48

Triadic

#72ae42

#4272ae

#ae4272

Split-complementary

#72ae42

#4842ae

#ae42a8

Tetradic

#72ae42

#42ae7e

#7e42ae

#ae4272

Square

#72ae42

#42a8ae

#7e42ae

#ae4842

Shades

Color #72ae42 mixed toward black.

#5f9137

#4c742c

#395721

#263a16

#131d0b

Tints

Color #72ae42 mixed toward white.

#89c15c

#a1ce7d

#b8da9d

#d0e6be

#e7f3de

Tones

Color #72ae42 mixed toward gray.

#73a54b

#749c54

#75935d

#768a66

#77816f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90906a · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#8c8871 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#768084 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72ae42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72ae42]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#72ae42 (#72ae42) is rgb(114, 174, 66) in RGB.

No, #72ae42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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