#72bc42

Color #72bc42

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 16.69 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#72bc42

RGB

rgb(114, 188, 66)

HSL

hsl(96.4, 48%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.4, 64.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.42, -44.03, 52.75)

LCH

lch(69.42, 68.71, 129.85)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1724, 135.24)

HWB

hwb(96.4, 25.9%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c42bc

Analogous

#afbc42

#72bc42

#42bc4f

Triadic

#72bc42

#4272bc

#bc4272

Split-complementary

#72bc42

#4f42bc

#bc42af

Tetradic

#72bc42

#42bc8c

#8c42bc

#bc4272

Square

#72bc42

#42afbc

#8c42bc

#bc4f42

Shades

Color #72bc42 mixed toward black.

#5f9d37

#4c7d2c

#395e21

#263f16

#131f0b

Tints

Color #72bc42 mixed toward white.

#89c861

#a1d381

#b8dea0

#d0e9c0

#e7f4df

Tones

Color #72bc42 mixed toward gray.

#74b24c

#76a856

#789d61

#7b936b

#7d8975

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#989870 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#938e78 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#77898d · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72bc42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72bc42]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#72bc42 (#72bc42) is rgb(114, 188, 66) in RGB.

No, #72bc42 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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