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#72DED6

#72ded6 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72ded6 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 87.06% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.6% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 175.56°, with 62.07% saturation and 65.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.6067

Complementary

  1. #72ded6
  2. #de727a

Split complementary

  1. #72ded6
  2. #de72b0
  3. #dea072

Analogous

  1. #72dea0
  2. #72ded6
  3. #72b0de

Triadic

  1. #72ded6
  2. #d672de
  3. #ded672

Tetradic

  1. #72ded6
  2. #727ade
  3. #de727a
  4. #ded672

Square

  1. #72ded6
  2. #a072de
  3. #de727a
  4. #b0de72

Monochromatic

  1. #23948c
  2. #34cfc4
  3. #72ded6
  4. #b0ede8
  5. #eefbfa

Shades

#72ded6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72ded6
  2. #67c8c1
  3. #5bb2ab
  4. #509b96
  5. #448580
  6. #396f6b
  7. #2e5956
  8. #224340
  9. #172c2b
  10. #0b1615
  11. #000000

Tints

#72ded6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72ded6
  2. #80e1da
  3. #8ee5de
  4. #9ce8e2
  5. #aaebe6
  6. #b9efeb
  7. #c7f2ef
  8. #d5f5f3
  9. #e3f8f7
  10. #f1fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72ded6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72ded6
  2. #73d5cd
  3. #75cbc5
  4. #76c2bc
  5. #78b8b4
  6. #79afab
  7. #7aa6a2
  8. #7c9c9a
  9. #7d9391
  10. #7f8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afd4d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d4d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c7d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #35e3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5d8d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8d1d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #54e1d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72ded6 {
  color: #72ded6;
}
Background
.bg-72ded6 {
  background-color: #72ded6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72ded6 {
  border: 2px solid #72ded6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72ded6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 222 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 62% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72ded6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72ded6, #72b0de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72ded6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 222 214 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.29 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.44 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.25 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.91 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.93 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.78 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.40 #8d2129 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#72ded6  rgb(114, 222, 214)  hsl(176, 62%, 66%)  Medium Turquoise
#de727a  rgb(222, 114, 122)  hsl(356, 62%, 66%)  Light Coral
#d672de  rgb(214, 114, 222)  hsl(296, 62%, 66%)  Orchid
#ded672  rgb(222, 214, 114)  hsl(56, 62%, 66%)  Straw