#72c1b4

Color #72c1b4

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.96 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#72c1b4

RGB

rgb(114, 193, 180)

HSL

hsl(170.1, 38.9%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.1, 40.9%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(72.9, -27.4, -1.08)

LCH

lch(72.9, 27.42, 182.26)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0807, 182.34)

HWB

hwb(170.1, 44.7%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1727f

Analogous

#72c18c

#72c1b4

#72a7c1

Triadic

#72c1b4

#b472c1

#c1b472

Split-complementary

#72c1b4

#c172a7

#c18c72

Tetradic

#72c1b4

#727fc1

#c1727f

#c1b472

Square

#72c1b4

#8c72c1

#c1727f

#a7c172

Shades

Color #72c1b4 mixed toward black.

#4eb1a1

#3f8e81

#2f6b61

#1f4741

#102420

Tints

Color #72c1b4 mixed toward white.

#8acbc0

#a1d6cd

#b9e0d9

#d0eae6

#e8f5f2

Tones

Color #72c1b4 mixed toward gray.

#79bab0

#7fb4ab

#86ada7

#8ca7a2

#93a09e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10:1

Black text reads better on this background (10:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bb7 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#9690b8 · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#78baba · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72c1b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72c1b4]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72c1b4 (#72c1b4) is rgb(114, 193, 180) in RGB.

No, #72c1b4 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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