#72d9c6

Color #72d9c6

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#72d9c6

RGB

rgb(114, 217, 198)

HSL

hsl(168.9, 57.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.9, 47.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 8.8%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(80.34, -34.58, 0.09)

LCH

lch(80.34, 34.58, 179.85)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.1008, 180.17)

HWB

hwb(168.9, 44.7%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d97285

Analogous

#72d992

#72d9c6

#72b9d9

Triadic

#72d9c6

#c672d9

#d9c672

Split-complementary

#72d9c6

#d972b9

#d99272

Tetradic

#72d9c6

#7285d9

#d97285

#d9c672

Square

#72d9c6

#9272d9

#d97285

#b9d972

Shades

Color #72d9c6 mixed toward black.

#47cdb4

#2fae96

#238271

#17574b

#0c2b26

Tints

Color #72d9c6 mixed toward white.

#8adfcf

#a1e6d9

#b9ece2

#d0f2ec

#e8f9f5

Tones

Color #72d9c6 mixed toward gray.

#7bd0c1

#83c8bb

#8cbfb6

#94b7b0

#9daeab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aacb · ΔE 29.6

Deuteranopia

#a39bcc · ΔE 33.8

Tritanopia

#7acfcf · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72d9c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72d9c6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#72d9c6 (#72d9c6) is rgb(114, 217, 198) in RGB.

No, #72d9c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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