#72ecfa

Color #72ecfa

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 15.3 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#72ecfa

RGB

rgb(114, 236, 250)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 93.2%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 54.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(87.22, -30.35, -17.19)

LCH

lch(87.22, 34.88, 209.53)

OKLCH

oklch(87.8%, 0.1106, 205.43)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 44.7%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fa8072

Analogous

#72fac4

#72ecfa

#72a8fa

Triadic

#72ecfa

#fa72ec

#ecfa72

Split-complementary

#72ecfa

#fa72a8

#fac472

Tetradic

#72ecfa

#8072fa

#fa8072

#ecfa72

Square

#72ecfa

#c472fa

#fa8072

#a8fa72

Shades

Color #72ecfa mixed toward black.

#37e4f8

#08d3eb

#069eb0

#046a75

#02353b

Tints

Color #72ecfa mixed toward white.

#8aeffb

#a1f2fc

#b9f5fd

#d0f9fd

#e8fcfe

Tones

Color #72ecfa mixed toward gray.

#7de3ef

#89dae3

#94d1d8

#9fc8cd

#abbfc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b5f7 · ΔE 28.9

Deuteranopia

#ada4f6 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#7cf4f3 · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72ecfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72ecfa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72ecfa (#72ecfa) is rgb(114, 236, 250) in RGB.

No, #72ecfa 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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