#72c8c0

Color #72c8c0

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 10.46 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#72c8c0

RGB

rgb(114, 200, 192)

HSL

hsl(174.4, 43.9%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.4, 43%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 0%, 4%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(75.26, -27.93, -4.13)

LCH

lch(75.26, 28.23, 188.41)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0846, 187.88)

HWB

hwb(174.4, 44.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8727a

Analogous

#72c895

#72c8c0

#72a5c8

Triadic

#72c8c0

#c072c8

#c8c072

Split-complementary

#72c8c0

#c872a5

#c89572

Tetradic

#72c8c0

#727ac8

#c8727a

#c8c072

Square

#72c8c0

#9572c8

#c8727a

#a5c872

Shades

Color #72c8c0 mixed toward black.

#4cb9af

#3b978e

#2c716b

#1d4b47

#0f2624

Tints

Color #72c8c0 mixed toward white.

#8ad1cb

#a1dad5

#b9e4e0

#d0edea

#e8f6f5

Tones

Color #72c8c0 mixed toward gray.

#79c1ba

#80bab4

#88b3af

#8faba9

#96a4a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0c2 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#9a93c2 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#78c4c4 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72c8c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72c8c0]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72c8c0 (#72c8c0) is rgb(114, 200, 192) in RGB.

No, #72c8c0 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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