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#72F8EA

#72f8ea ≈ Turquoise Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72f8ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.03% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.65% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 173.73°, with 90.54% saturation and 70.98% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise Blue (#00ffef), ΔE 4.12.

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Relative luminance0.7665

Complementary

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #f87280

Split complementary

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #f872c3
  3. #f8a772

Analogous

  1. #72f8a7
  2. #72f8ea
  3. #72c3f8

Triadic

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #ea72f8
  3. #f8ea72

Tetradic

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #7280f8
  3. #f87280
  4. #f8ea72

Square

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #a772f8
  3. #f87280
  4. #c3f872

Monochromatic

  1. #0ac7b3
  2. #29f4df
  3. #72f8ea
  4. #bbfcf5
  5. #ecfefc

Shades

#72f8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #67dfd3
  3. #5bc6bb
  4. #50aea4
  5. #44958c
  6. #397c75
  7. #2e635e
  8. #224a46
  9. #17322f
  10. #0b1917
  11. #000000

Tints

#72f8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #80f9ec
  3. #8ef9ee
  4. #9cfaf0
  5. #aafbf2
  6. #b9fcf5
  7. #c7fcf7
  8. #d5fdf9
  9. #e3fefb
  10. #f1fefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72f8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72f8ea
  2. #73ecdf
  3. #75e0d5
  4. #76d4ca
  5. #78c8c0
  6. #79bcb5
  7. #7ab0aa
  8. #7ca4a0
  9. #7d9895
  10. #7f8c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0ece6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edecea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7dcec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fdf3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8f1ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8e8eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47fbf0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72f8ea {
  color: #72f8ea;
}
Background
.bg-72f8ea {
  background-color: #72f8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72f8ea {
  border: 2px solid #72f8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72f8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 248 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 91% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72f8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72f8ea, #72c3f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72f8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 248 234 / 0.35);
}

#00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 4.12 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.34 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.80 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.80 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.99 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.01 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.40 #8d0715 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Turquoise Blue
#72f8ea  rgb(114, 248, 234)  hsl(174, 91%, 71%)  Turquoise Blue
#f87280  rgb(248, 114, 128)  hsl(354, 91%, 71%)  Light Coral
#ea72f8  rgb(234, 114, 248)  hsl(294, 91%, 71%)  Heliotrope
#f8ea72  rgb(248, 234, 114)  hsl(54, 91%, 71%)  Straw