#72a79d

Color #72a79d

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.84 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#72a79d

RGB

rgb(114, 167, 157)

HSL

hsl(168.7, 23.1%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.7, 31.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(64.68, -19.73, -0.42)

LCH

lch(64.68, 19.73, 181.22)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.058, 181.38)

HWB

hwb(168.7, 44.7%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7727c

Analogous

#72a783

#72a79d

#7296a7

Triadic

#72a79d

#9d72a7

#a79d72

Split-complementary

#72a79d

#a77296

#a78372

Tetradic

#72a79d

#727ca7

#a7727c

#a79d72

Square

#72a79d

#8372a7

#a7727c

#96a772

Shades

Color #72a79d mixed toward black.

#5a9086

#48736b

#365650

#243a36

#121d1b

Tints

Color #72a79d mixed toward white.

#8ab6ad

#a1c4be

#b9d3ce

#d0e2de

#e8f0ef

Tones

Color #72a79d mixed toward gray.

#76a39a

#7b9e97

#7f9a95

#849592

#88918f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8d9f · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#8985a0 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#75a1a2 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72a79d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72a79d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#72a79d (#72a79d) is rgb(114, 167, 157) in RGB.

No, #72a79d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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