All About Color #72969D

#72969D

About #72969D

#72969D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #72969D. In RGB it is red 114, green 150, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 190°, saturation 18%, lightness 53%; in CMYK it is 27%, 4%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.20:1 on white and 6.56:1 on black.

#72969D Color Conversion

Hex triplet72, 96, 9D
CMYK27.39%, 4.46%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal114, 150, 157
HSL190°, 18%, 53%
RGB Octal162, 226, 235
HSV (HSB)189.77°, 27.39%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1110010, 10010110, 10011101
CIE-L*AB59.73, -10.69, -7.74
RGB Percent44.71%, 58.82%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH59.73, 13.20, 215.89
XYZ23.93, 27.82, 36.01
CIE-L*UV59.73, -18.30, -9.67
xyY0.27, 0.32, 27.82
Hunter-Lab52.75, -11.33, -3.55
RYB44.71%, 52.39%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#72969D on a dark background: contrast 6.56:1, passes WCAG AA.
#72969D on a light background: contrast 3.20:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #72969D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#72969D · #A8BEC2 · #496469 · #9D7972 · #C2ACA8

Analogous palette

#729D79 · #729D8E · #72969D · #72809D · #79729D

Triadic palette

#72969D · #9D7296 · #969D72 · #A8BEC2 · #C2A8BE

Tetradic palette

#72969D · #8E729D · #9D7972 · #809D72 · #496469

Monochromatic palette

#304245 · #4F6D72 · #72969D · #9FB7BC · #CCD9DB

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