#72e7f9

Color #72e7f9

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 15.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#72e7f9

RGB

rgb(114, 231, 249)

HSL

hsl(188, 91.8%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188, 54.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(85.79, -28.22, -18.83)

LCH

lch(85.79, 33.93, 213.71)

OKLCH

oklch(86.7%, 0.1084, 208.72)

HWB

hwb(188, 44.7%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f98472

Analogous

#72f9c8

#72e7f9

#72a4f9

Triadic

#72e7f9

#f972e7

#e7f972

Split-complementary

#72e7f9

#f972a4

#f9c872

Tetradic

#72e7f9

#8472f9

#f98472

#e7f972

Square

#72e7f9

#c872f9

#f98472

#a4f972

Shades

Color #72e7f9 mixed toward black.

#38ddf6

#0acbe8

#0798ae

#056574

#02333a

Tints

Color #72e7f9 mixed toward white.

#8aebfa

#a1effb

#b9f3fc

#d0f7fd

#e8fbfe

Tones

Color #72e7f9 mixed toward gray.

#7ddfee

#89d7e3

#94ced7

#9fc6cc

#aabec1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b2f5 · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#aba1f4 · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#7cf1f1 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72e7f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72e7f9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#72e7f9 (#72e7f9) is rgb(114, 231, 249) in RGB.

No, #72e7f9 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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