#72eaec

Color #72eaec

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 10.71 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#72eaec

RGB

rgb(114, 234, 236)

HSL

hsl(181, 76.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181, 51.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(86.24, -33.09, -11.31)

LCH

lch(86.24, 34.97, 198.87)

OKLCH

oklch(86.9%, 0.108, 196.84)

HWB

hwb(181, 44.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ec7472

Analogous

#72ecb1

#72eaec

#72adec

Triadic

#72eaec

#ec72ea

#eaec72

Split-complementary

#72eaec

#ec72ad

#ecb172

Tetradic

#72eaec

#7472ec

#ec7472

#eaec72

Square

#72eaec

#b172ec

#ec7472

#adec72

Shades

Color #72eaec mixed toward black.

#3ee2e5

#1ccbce

#15989a

#0e6567

#073333

Tints

Color #72eaec mixed toward white.

#89edef

#a1f1f2

#b8f4f6

#d0f8f9

#e7fbfc

Tones

Color #72eaec mixed toward gray.

#7ce0e2

#86d6d8

#90cccd

#9bc3c3

#a5b9b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4ec · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#aca3eb · ΔE 33.6

Tritanopia

#7cebeb · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72eaec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72eaec]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#72eaec (#72eaec) is rgb(114, 234, 236) in RGB.

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

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