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#72F8CA

#72f8ca ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#72f8ca is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 97.25% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.03% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.55% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 159.4°, with 90.54% saturation and 70.98% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 1.86.

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Web safe#66ffcc
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Relative luminance0.7498

Complementary

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #f872a0

Split complementary

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #f872e3
  3. #f88772

Analogous

  1. #72f887
  2. #72f8ca
  3. #72e3f8

Triadic

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #ca72f8
  3. #f8ca72

Tetradic

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #72a0f8
  3. #f872a0
  4. #f8ca72

Square

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #8772f8
  3. #f872a0
  4. #e3f872

Monochromatic

  1. #0ac786
  2. #29f4af
  3. #72f8ca
  4. #bbfce5
  5. #ecfef8

Shades

#72f8ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #67dfb6
  3. #5bc6a2
  4. #50ae8d
  5. #449579
  6. #397c65
  7. #2e6351
  8. #224a3d
  9. #173228
  10. #0b1914
  11. #000000

Tints

#72f8ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #80f9cf
  3. #8ef9d5
  4. #9cfada
  5. #aafbdf
  6. #b9fce5
  7. #c7fcea
  8. #d5fdef
  9. #e3fef4
  10. #f1fefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72f8ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72f8ca
  2. #73ecc3
  3. #75e0bb
  4. #76d4b4
  5. #78c8ac
  6. #79bca5
  7. #7ab09e
  8. #7ca496
  9. #7d988f
  10. #7f8c87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beead8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3e9c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfdbcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #33f9eb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccefc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bde7cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #53f9de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72f8ca {
  color: #72f8ca;
}
Background
.bg-72f8ca {
  background-color: #72f8ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72f8ca {
  border: 2px solid #72f8ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72f8ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 248 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 91% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72f8ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72f8ca, #72e3f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72f8ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 248 202 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 1.86 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 7.20 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.89 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 9.54 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.77 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 10.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.23 #8d0735 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#72f8ca  rgb(114, 248, 202)  hsl(159, 91%, 71%)  Aquamarine
#f872a0  rgb(248, 114, 160)  hsl(339, 91%, 71%)  Pale Violet Red
#ca72f8  rgb(202, 114, 248)  hsl(279, 91%, 71%)  Heliotrope
#f8ca72  rgb(248, 202, 114)  hsl(39, 91%, 71%)  Topaz