All About Color #72C5DF

#72C5DF

About #72C5DF

#72C5DF is a light cyan color with the hex code #72C5DF. In RGB it is red 114, green 197, blue 223; in HSL it is hue 194°, saturation 63%, lightness 66%; in CMYK it is 49%, 12%, 0%, 13%. Its contrast ratio is 1.95:1 on white and 10.77:1 on black.

#72C5DF Color Conversion

Hex triplet72, C5, DF
CMYK48.88%, 11.66%, 0.00%, 12.55%
RGB Decimal114, 197, 223
HSL194°, 63%, 66%
RGB Octal162, 305, 337
HSV (HSB)194.31°, 48.88%, 87.45%
RGB Binary1110010, 11000101, 11011111
CIE-L*AB75.35, -18.36, -20.78
RGB Percent44.71%, 77.25%, 87.45%
CIE-L*CH75.35, 27.72, 228.54
XYZ40.22, 48.84, 77.12
CIE-L*UV75.35, -36.83, -29.97
xyY0.24, 0.29, 48.84
Hunter-Lab69.88, -19.55, -16.51
RYB44.71%, 63.18%, 87.45%

Color Accessibility Scores

#72C5DF on a dark background: contrast 10.77:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#72C5DF on a light background: contrast 1.95:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #72C5DF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#72C5DF · #BCE4F0 · #2DA4C8 · #DF8B72 · #F0C8BC

Analogous palette

#72DF8B · #72DFC2 · #72C5DF · #728FDF · #8B72DF

Triadic palette

#72C5DF · #DF72C5 · #C5DF72 · #BCE4F0 · #F0BCE4

Tetradic palette

#72C5DF · #C272DF · #DF8B72 · #8FDF72 · #2DA4C8

Monochromatic palette

#227B96 · #33ACD1 · #72C5DF · #B0DFED · #EAF7FA

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