#72d8df

Color #72d8df

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 11.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#72d8df

RGB

rgb(114, 216, 223)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 63%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 48.9%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(80.75, -27.86, -12.63)

LCH

lch(80.75, 30.59, 204.39)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0957, 201.33)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 44.7%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df7972

Analogous

#72dfb0

#72d8df

#72a1df

Triadic

#72d8df

#df72d8

#d8df72

Split-complementary

#72d8df

#df72a1

#dfb072

Tetradic

#72d8df

#7972df

#df7972

#d8df72

Square

#72d8df

#b072df

#df7972

#a1df72

Shades

Color #72d8df mixed toward black.

#44cbd5

#2aaeb7

#1f8289

#15575c

#0a2b2e

Tints

Color #72d8df mixed toward white.

#8adee4

#a1e5ea

#b9ebef

#d0f2f4

#e8f8fa

Tones

Color #72d8df mixed toward gray.

#7bd0d6

#84c8cd

#8dc0c4

#96b8bb

#9fb0b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9dd · ΔE 27.7

Deuteranopia

#a29add · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#7adcdc · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72d8df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72d8df]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72d8df (#72d8df) is rgb(114, 216, 223) in RGB.

No, #72d8df is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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