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#72CAAB

#72caab ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#72caab is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 79.22% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.56% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.35% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 158.86°, with 45.36% saturation and 61.96% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 10.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 1.8.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4876

Complementary

  1. #72caab
  2. #ca7291

Split complementary

  1. #72caab
  2. #ca72bd
  3. #ca7f72

Analogous

  1. #72ca7f
  2. #72caab
  3. #72bdca

Triadic

  1. #72caab
  2. #ab72ca
  3. #caab72

Tetradic

  1. #72caab
  2. #7291ca
  3. #ca7291
  4. #caab72

Square

  1. #72caab
  2. #7f72ca
  3. #ca7291
  4. #bdca72

Monochromatic

  1. #2d765c
  2. #41ae88
  3. #72caab
  4. #aadfcc
  5. #e1f4ed

Shades

#72caab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72caab
  2. #67b69a
  3. #5ba289
  4. #508d78
  5. #447967
  6. #396556
  7. #2e5144
  8. #223d33
  9. #172822
  10. #0b1411
  11. #000000

Tints

#72caab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72caab
  2. #80cfb3
  3. #8ed5bc
  4. #9cdac4
  5. #aadfcd
  6. #b9e5d5
  7. #c7eadd
  8. #d5efe6
  9. #e3f4ee
  10. #f1faf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72caab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72caab
  2. #73c3a7
  3. #75bba2
  4. #76b49e
  5. #78ac9a
  6. #79a596
  7. #7a9e91
  8. #7c968d
  9. #7d8f89
  10. #7f8784
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2c0b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6c0a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8b5ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #56cbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abc4aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0beac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #62cbb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72caab {
  color: #72caab;
}
Background
.bg-72caab {
  background-color: #72caab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72caab {
  border: 2px solid #72caab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72caab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 202 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72caab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72caab, #72bdca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72caab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 202 171 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 1.80 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.33 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.37 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.13 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.02 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.18 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.00 #8d3554 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#72caab  rgb(114, 202, 171)  hsl(159, 45%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ca7291  rgb(202, 114, 145)  hsl(339, 45%, 62%)  Pale Violet Red
#ab72ca  rgb(171, 114, 202)  hsl(279, 45%, 62%)  Floral Lavender
#caab72  rgb(202, 171, 114)  hsl(39, 45%, 62%)  Ecru