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#72CE99

#72ce99 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#72ce99 is a color from the green family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 80.78% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 25.73% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 145.43°, with 48.42% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.21.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.5002

Complementary

  1. #72ce99
  2. #ce72a7

Split complementary

  1. #72ce99
  2. #c772ce
  3. #ce7279

Analogous

  1. #79ce72
  2. #72ce99
  3. #72cec7

Triadic

  1. #72ce99
  2. #9972ce
  3. #ce9972

Tetradic

  1. #72ce99
  2. #72a7ce
  3. #ce72a7
  4. #ce9972

Square

  1. #72ce99
  2. #7279ce
  3. #ce72a7
  4. #cec772

Monochromatic

  1. #2b7c4d
  2. #3fb571
  3. #72ce99
  4. #abe2c2
  5. #e4f5eb

Shades

#72ce99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72ce99
  2. #67b98a
  3. #5ba57a
  4. #50906b
  5. #447c5c
  6. #39674d
  7. #2e523d
  8. #223e2e
  9. #17291f
  10. #0b150f
  11. #000000

Tints

#72ce99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72ce99
  2. #80d3a3
  3. #8ed8ad
  4. #9cddb8
  5. #aae2c2
  6. #b9e7cc
  7. #c7ebd6
  8. #d5f0e0
  9. #e3f5eb
  10. #f1faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72ce99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72ce99
  2. #73c697
  3. #75be94
  4. #76b792
  5. #78af8f
  6. #79a78d
  7. #7a9f8a
  8. #7c9788
  9. #7d9085
  10. #7f8883
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3c3af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdc196 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb89c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5ccdc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c797 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6c19b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #65cdb1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72ce99 {
  color: #72ce99;
}
Background
.bg-72ce99 {
  background-color: #72ce99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72ce99 {
  border: 2px solid #72ce99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72ce99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 206 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 145 48% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72ce99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72ce99, #72cec7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72ce99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 206 153 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.21 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 6.15 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.49 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 7.41 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.93 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 8.27 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.42 #8d3166 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#72ce99  rgb(114, 206, 153)  hsl(145, 48%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ce72a7  rgb(206, 114, 167)  hsl(325, 48%, 63%)  Sky Magenta
#9972ce  rgb(153, 114, 206)  hsl(265, 48%, 63%)  Medium Purple
#ce9972  rgb(206, 153, 114)  hsl(25, 48%, 63%)  Tumbleweed