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#72C7BB

#72c7bb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72c7bb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 78.04% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.03% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 171.53°, with 43.15% saturation and 61.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 5.28.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4801

Complementary

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #c7727e

Split complementary

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #c772a8
  3. #c79072

Analogous

  1. #72c790
  2. #72c7bb
  3. #72a8c7

Triadic

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #bb72c7
  3. #c7bb72

Tetradic

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #727ec7
  3. #c7727e
  4. #c7bb72

Square

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #9072c7
  3. #c7727e
  4. #a8c772

Monochromatic

  1. #2d7369
  2. #43a99b
  3. #72c7bb
  4. #a9ddd5
  5. #dff2f0

Shades

#72c7bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #67b3a8
  3. #5b9f96
  4. #508b83
  5. #447770
  6. #39645e
  7. #2e504b
  8. #223c38
  9. #172825
  10. #0b1413
  11. #000000

Tints

#72c7bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #80cdc2
  3. #8ed2c9
  4. #9cd8cf
  5. #aaddd6
  6. #b9e3dd
  7. #c7e9e4
  8. #d5eeeb
  9. #e3f4f1
  10. #f1f9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72c7bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72c7bb
  2. #73c0b5
  3. #75b9af
  4. #76b2a9
  5. #78aba3
  6. #79a49e
  7. #7a9c98
  8. #7c9592
  9. #7d8e8c
  10. #7f8786
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1beb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bebb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b4bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4fcac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6c2bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cbcbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5fc9c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72c7bb {
  color: #72c7bb;
}
Background
.bg-72c7bb {
  background-color: #72c7bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72c7bb {
  border: 2px solid #72c7bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72c7bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 199 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 43% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72c7bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72c7bb, #72a8c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72c7bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 199 187 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.28 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.98 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.22 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.38 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.48 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.52 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.84 #8d3844 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#72c7bb  rgb(114, 199, 187)  hsl(172, 43%, 61%)  Medium Turquoise
#c7727e  rgb(199, 114, 126)  hsl(352, 43%, 61%)  Rose Gold
#bb72c7  rgb(187, 114, 199)  hsl(292, 43%, 61%)  Floral Lavender
#c7bb72  rgb(199, 187, 114)  hsl(52, 43%, 61%)  Dark Khaki