#72ab57

Color #72ab57

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 16.99 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#72ab57

RGB

rgb(114, 171, 87)

HSL

hsl(100.7, 33.3%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(100.7, 49.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 49.1%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.48, -34.3, 37.24)

LCH

lch(64.48, 50.63, 132.65)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1301, 136.43)

HWB

hwb(100.7, 34.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9057ab

Analogous

#9cab57

#72ab57

#57ab66

Triadic

#72ab57

#5772ab

#ab5772

Split-complementary

#72ab57

#6657ab

#ab579c

Tetradic

#72ab57

#57ab90

#9057ab

#ab5772

Square

#72ab57

#579cab

#9057ab

#ab6657

Shades

Color #72ab57 mixed toward black.

#5f8f48

#4c7339

#39562b

#26391d

#131d0e

Tints

Color #72ab57 mixed toward white.

#8ab973

#a1c78f

#b9d5ab

#d0e3c7

#e8f1e3

Tones

Color #72ab57 mixed toward gray.

#75a45e

#779d65

#7a966c

#7c8f73

#7f887a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8f73 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8678 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#768487 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72ab57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72ab57]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Frequently asked questions

#72ab57 (#72ab57) is rgb(114, 171, 87) in RGB.

No, #72ab57 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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