#72cd55

Color #72cd55

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Light Green #90ee90 · ΔE 18.14 Nearest Tailwind class green-500 #00c950 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#72cd55

RGB

rgb(114, 205, 85)

HSL

hsl(105.5, 54.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(105.5, 58.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(74.76, -49.22, 50.43)

LCH

lch(74.76, 70.47, 134.3)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.1798, 138.81)

HWB

hwb(105.5, 33.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b055cd

Analogous

#aecd55

#72cd55

#55cd74

Triadic

#72cd55

#5572cd

#cd5572

Split-complementary

#72cd55

#7455cd

#cd55ae

Tetradic

#72cd55

#55cdb0

#b055cd

#cd5572

Square

#72cd55

#55aecd

#b055cd

#cd7455

Shades

Color #72cd55 mixed toward black.

#57bb37

#45952c

#347021

#234b16

#11250b

Tints

Color #72cd55 mixed toward white.

#8ad571

#a1de8e

#b9e6aa

#d0eec6

#e8f7e3

Tones

Color #72cd55 mixed toward gray.

#77c35f

#7cb969

#82af73

#87a57d

#8c9b87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a280 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9588 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#79989d · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72cd55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72cd55]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#72cd55 (#72cd55) is rgb(114, 205, 85) in RGB.

No, #72cd55 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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