#72E430

sRGB · 114 / 228 / 48

#72E430 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 114 red, 228 green and 48 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 98.0° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 76.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 54.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 114, 228, 48
HSL: 98.00°, 76.92%, 54.12%
HSV / HSB: 98.00°, 78.95%, 89.41%
CMYK (approx.): 50.00%, 0.00%, 78.95%, 10.59%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.215, 59.276, 12.382
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.443, -60.897, 71.115
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59278
24-bit decimal: 7529520

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #72E430 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 12.86:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.63:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A230E4 sits half a turn (180°) from #72E430 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#72E430 #A230E4

Analogous

#CCE430 and #30E448 sit 30° to either side of #72E430. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CCE430 #72E430 #30E448

Triadic

#72E430, #3072E4 and #E43072 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#72E430 #3072E4 #E43072

Split complementary

Start at #72E430 and look across the wheel. #4830E4 and #E430CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#72E430 #4830E4 #E430CC

Square

Starting with #72E430, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #30CCE4, #A230E4, then #E44830. Across the square, #72E430 pairs with #A230E4, and #30CCE4 with #E44830.

#72E430 #30CCE4 #A230E4 #E44830

Tetradic

#72E430 and #A230E4 are opposites, as are #30E4A2 and #E43072. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#72E430 #30E4A2 #A230E4 #E43072

Tints

Mixing #72E430 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8EE959, keeps 80% of the original. By #E3FAD6, the mixture is 80% white.

#72E430 #8EE959 #AAEF83 #C7F4AC #E3FAD6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #72E430 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5BB626, keeps 80% of the original. By #172E0A, the mixture is 80% black.

#72E430 #5BB626 #44891D #2E5B13 #172E0A #000000

Tones

Mixing #72E430 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #75D040, keeps 80% of the original. By #7D9470, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#72E430 #75D040 #78BC50 #7AA860 #7D9470 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#72E430

RGB

rgb(114 228 48)

HSL

hsl(98.000 76.923% 54.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #72E430;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#72E430 uses 114 red, 228 green and 48 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 44.7%

Green 89.4%

Blue 18.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #72E430 is 50.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 78.9% yellow and 10.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 50.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 78.9%

Black 10.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #77DD33. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #7D3 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #72E430 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66CC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #77DD33 Nearest web-safe · #66CC33

Gradient to complement

#72E430 #7AC64E #82A86C #8A8A8A #926CA8 #9A4EC6 #A230E4

Color vision previews

Compare how #72E430 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#ECD000

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DDC745

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#6BDCC3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CBD622

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C5D13E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#79E080

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CACACA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A6D897

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.16827 G 0.77582 B 0.02956

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.56214 G 0.88376 B 0.32449

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.27613 G 0.75565 B 0.08595

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.330 y 0.555 Y 59.276

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 55.294 M % 10.588 Y % 81.176

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01110010 11100100 00110000