All About Color #72ACAA

#72ACAA

About #72ACAA

#72ACAA is a medium cyan color with the hex code #72ACAA. In RGB it is red 114, green 172, blue 170; in HSL it is hue 178°, saturation 26%, lightness 56%; in CMYK it is 34%, 0%, 1%, 33%. Its contrast ratio is 2.56:1 on white and 8.20:1 on black.

#72ACAA Color Conversion

Hex triplet72, AC, AA
CMYK33.72%, 0.00%, 1.16%, 32.55%
RGB Decimal114, 172, 170
HSL178°, 26%, 56%
RGB Octal162, 254, 252
HSV (HSB)177.93°, 33.72%, 67.45%
RGB Binary1110010, 10101100, 10101010
CIE-L*AB66.51, -19.23, -4.99
RGB Percent44.71%, 67.45%, 66.67%
CIE-L*CH66.51, 19.87, 194.54
XYZ28.95, 35.98, 43.45
CIE-L*UV66.51, -27.84, -4.36
xyY0.27, 0.33, 35.98
Hunter-Lab59.99, -18.84, -0.95
RYB44.71%, 56.28%, 67.45%

Color Accessibility Scores

#72ACAA on a dark background: contrast 8.20:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#72ACAA on a light background: contrast 2.56:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #72ACAA, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#72ACAA · #ABCECD · #487A78 · #AC7274 · #CEABAD

Analogous palette

#74AC72 · #72AC8D · #72ACAA · #7291AC · #7274AC

Triadic palette

#72ACAA · #AA72AC · #ACAA72 · #ABCECD · #CDABCE

Tetradic palette

#72ACAA · #8D72AC · #AC7274 · #91AC72 · #487A78

Monochromatic palette

#315452 · #4D8482 · #72ACAA · #A2C8C7 · #D2E5E4

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