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#72D3CA

#72d3ca ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72d3ca is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 82.75% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.97% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.27% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 174.43°, with 52.43% saturation and 63.73% 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 11.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5443

Complementary

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #d3727b

Split complementary

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #d372ac
  3. #d39a72

Analogous

  1. #72d39a
  2. #72d3ca
  3. #72acd3

Triadic

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #ca72d3
  3. #d3ca72

Tetradic

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #727bd3
  3. #d3727b
  4. #d3ca72

Square

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #9a72d3
  3. #d3727b
  4. #acd372

Monochromatic

  1. #29837b
  2. #3bbdb1
  3. #72d3ca
  4. #ace5e0
  5. #e7f7f6

Shades

#72d3ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #67beb6
  3. #5ba9a2
  4. #50948d
  5. #447f79
  6. #396a65
  7. #2e5451
  8. #223f3d
  9. #172a28
  10. #0b1514
  11. #000000

Tints

#72d3ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #80d7cf
  3. #8edcd5
  4. #9ce0da
  5. #aae5df
  6. #b9e9e5
  7. #c7edea
  8. #d5f2ef
  9. #e3f6f4
  10. #f1fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72d3ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72d3ca
  2. #73cbc3
  3. #75c2bb
  4. #76bab4
  5. #78b2ac
  6. #79aaa5
  7. #7aa19e
  8. #7c9996
  9. #7d918f
  10. #7f8887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8c9c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cacaca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9becb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #43d7d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aececa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2c7cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #59d5ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72d3ca {
  color: #72d3ca;
}
Background
.bg-72d3ca {
  background-color: #72d3ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72d3ca {
  border: 2px solid #72d3ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72d3ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 211 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 52% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72d3ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72d3ca, #72acd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72d3ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 211 202 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.58 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.37 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.21 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.51 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.00 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.57 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.92 #8d2c35 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#72d3ca  rgb(114, 211, 202)  hsl(174, 52%, 64%)  Medium Turquoise
#d3727b  rgb(211, 114, 123)  hsl(354, 52%, 64%)  Old Rose
#ca72d3  rgb(202, 114, 211)  hsl(294, 52%, 64%)  Orchid
#d3ca72  rgb(211, 202, 114)  hsl(54, 52%, 64%)  Straw