All About Color #72BDC5

#72BDC5

About #72BDC5

#72BDC5 is a light cyan color with the hex code #72BDC5. In RGB it is red 114, green 189, blue 197; in HSL it is hue 186°, saturation 42%, lightness 61%; in CMYK it is 42%, 4%, 0%, 23%. Its contrast ratio is 2.14:1 on white and 9.80:1 on black.

#72BDC5 Color Conversion

Hex triplet72, BD, C5
CMYK42.13%, 4.06%, 0.00%, 22.75%
RGB Decimal114, 189, 197
HSL186°, 42%, 61%
RGB Octal162, 275, 305
HSV (HSB)185.78°, 42.13%, 77.25%
RGB Binary1110010, 10111101, 11000101
CIE-L*AB72.23, -21.19, -11.35
RGB Percent44.71%, 74.12%, 77.25%
CIE-L*CH72.23, 24.04, 208.18
XYZ35.22, 44.00, 59.46
CIE-L*UV72.23, -34.37, -14.10
xyY0.25, 0.32, 44.00
Hunter-Lab66.34, -21.33, -6.71
RYB44.71%, 60.16%, 77.25%

Color Accessibility Scores

#72BDC5 on a dark background: contrast 9.80:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#72BDC5 on a light background: contrast 2.14:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #72BDC5, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#72BDC5 · #B3DBE0 · #40929C · #C57A72 · #E0B7B3

Analogous palette

#72C57A · #72C5A4 · #72BDC5 · #7293C5 · #7A72C5

Triadic palette

#72BDC5 · #C572BD · #BDC572 · #B3DBE0 · #E0B3DB

Tetradic palette

#72BDC5 · #A472C5 · #C57A72 · #93C572 · #40929C

Monochromatic palette

#2E6A70 · #449DA7 · #72BDC5 · #A8D6DC · #DEF0F2

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