#72D6F4a cool brilliant turquoise

At a glance#72D6F4, oklch(82.6% 0.102 219.8), is a cool brilliant turquoise, close to Heisenberg Blue #70D4FB or Sky Blue #76D7EA. Pair it with a warm medium scarlet #D9774A as an accent, a cool vivid blue #3B77D6 for harmony, and a cool faded blue #A2ADB0 as a neutral. Reach for it as a screen-first brand or accent color, and it takes black text at AA contrast. It shifts further on press than a run can hold, though, so Rhapsody would keep it off print-led brand work.
Color codes

#72D6F4 in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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Color family

What kind of blue is #72D6F4?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is #72D6F4's, measured rather than asserted.

#72D6F4's Munsell numbers: hue 6.6B, value 8.0 (how light), chroma 7.0 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block brilliant greenish blue, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 7.0 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It reaches 70% of the way to the edge of your screen's gamut (the palette a screen can actually show) for this hue. Strong, with some headroom left before the screen runs out.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of #72D6F4, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #72D6F4. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, turquoise-300.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

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Accessibility

Is #72D6F4 accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #72D6F4 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 68 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

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Print

#72D6F4 in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

This color shifts further than a press run can hold, so expect a visible difference. The pairs below show where each standard lands.

In CMYK, #72D6F4 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.0, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.3, 1.3× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.0, 1.2× the 2.5 a run varies by

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.7, 1.1× the 2.5 a run varies by

Coated FOGRA39 shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.1, 1.3× the 2.5 a run varies by

Japan Color 2011 Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.0, 1.2× the 2.5 a run varies by

APTEC Flexo Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.7, 1.5× the 2.5 a run varies by

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.9, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Turquoises

Colors similar to #72D6F4

This color sits in The Turquoises, close to the border with The Blues. Explore The Turquoises

The row runs warmer on the left, cooler on the right.

The wheel's warm pole sits near Pumpkin, its cool pole near Goluboy.

Named colors near this one: Heisenberg Blue #70D4FB (via color-name-list) · Sky Blue #76D7EA (via Name that Color) · Sky #76D6FF (via color-name-list) · Middle Blue #7ED4E6 (via color-name-list) · Athena Blue #66DDFF (via color-name-list)

Pairings

Colors that go with #72D6F4

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a warm bold red #CA4961. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

Downloads

Take #72D6F4 with you

The work on this page doesn't stay here. Save a card and the color arrives in your file, your deck or your board already decided.

#72D6F4 color codes: hex #72D6F4, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of #72D6F4, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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#72D6F4 paired with a warm medium scarlet #D9774A, a cool vivid blue #3B77D6, a cool faded blue #A2ADB0: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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