#72b9a2

Color #72b9a2

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa · ΔE 12.62 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#72b9a2

RGB

rgb(114, 185, 162)

HSL

hsl(160.6, 33.6%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(160.6, 38.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(70.09, -27.63, 4.67)

LCH

lch(70.09, 28.02, 170.41)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0797, 171.41)

HWB

hwb(160.6, 44.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b97289

Analogous

#72b97e

#72b9a2

#72acb9

Triadic

#72b9a2

#a272b9

#b9a272

Split-complementary

#72b9a2

#b972ac

#b97e72

Tetradic

#72b9a2

#7289b9

#b97289

#b9a272

Square

#72b9a2

#7e72b9

#b97289

#acb972

Shades

Color #72b9a2 mixed toward black.

#53a68b

#42856f

#326454

#214338

#11211c

Tints

Color #72b9a2 mixed toward white.

#89c5b1

#a1d0c1

#b8dcd0

#d0e8e0

#e7f3ef

Tones

Color #72b9a2 mixed toward gray.

#78b3a0

#7ead9e

#84a79c

#8aa19a

#909b98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697a8 · ΔE 26.4

Deuteranopia

#928ca9 · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#77acad · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72b9a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72b9a2]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Turquoise #40e0d0

Frequently asked questions

#72b9a2 (#72b9a2) is rgb(114, 185, 162) in RGB.

No, #72b9a2 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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