#72d7ec

Color #72d7ec

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.4 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#72d7ec

RGB

rgb(114, 215, 236)

HSL

hsl(190.3, 76.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.3, 51.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(80.87, -23.9, -19.38)

LCH

lch(80.87, 30.77, 219.04)

OKLCH

oklch(82.6%, 0.0987, 212.89)

HWB

hwb(190.3, 44.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ec8772

Analogous

#72ecc4

#72d7ec

#729aec

Triadic

#72d7ec

#ec72d7

#d7ec72

Split-complementary

#72d7ec

#ec729a

#ecc472

Tetradic

#72d7ec

#8772ec

#ec8772

#d7ec72

Square

#72d7ec

#c472ec

#ec8772

#9aec72

Shades

Color #72d7ec mixed toward black.

#3ec9e5

#1cafce

#15839a

#0e5867

#072c33

Tints

Color #72d7ec mixed toward white.

#89deef

#a1e4f2

#b8ebf6

#d0f2f9

#e7f8fc

Tones

Color #72d7ec mixed toward gray.

#7cd0e2

#86cad8

#90c3cd

#9bbcc3

#a5b6b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9e7 · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#a29ae6 · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#7ae3e2 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72d7ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72d7ec]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#72d7ec (#72d7ec) is rgb(114, 215, 236) in RGB.

No, #72d7ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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