#72b5b8

Color #72b5b8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#72b5b8

RGB

rgb(114, 181, 184)

HSL

hsl(182.6, 33%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.6, 38%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(69.53, -20.42, -8.25)

LCH

lch(69.53, 22.02, 202)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0682, 199.37)

HWB

hwb(182.6, 44.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b87572

Analogous

#72b898

#72b5b8

#7292b8

Triadic

#72b5b8

#b872b5

#b5b872

Split-complementary

#72b5b8

#b87292

#b89872

Tetradic

#72b5b8

#7572b8

#b87572

#b5b872

Square

#72b5b8

#9872b8

#b87572

#92b872

Shades

Color #72b5b8 mixed toward black.

#53a2a5

#438184

#326163

#214142

#112021

Tints

Color #72b5b8 mixed toward white.

#89c1c4

#a1ced0

#b8dadb

#d0e6e7

#e7f3f3

Tones

Color #72b5b8 mixed toward gray.

#78b0b2

#7eaaac

#83a5a6

#89a0a1

#8f9a9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494b7 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#908bb7 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#77b7b7 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72b5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72b5b8]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#72b5b8 (#72b5b8) is rgb(114, 181, 184) in RGB.

No, #72b5b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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