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#72AFFE

#72affe ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.12% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 213.86°, with 98.59% saturation and 72.16% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 5.53.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.4139

Complementary

  1. #72affe
  2. #fec172

Split complementary

  1. #72affe
  2. #fe7b72
  3. #f5fe72

Analogous

  1. #72f5fe
  2. #72affe
  3. #7b72fe

Triadic

  1. #72affe
  2. #fe72af
  3. #affe72

Tetradic

  1. #72affe
  2. #c172fe
  3. #fec172
  4. #affe72

Square

  1. #72affe
  2. #fe72f5
  3. #fec172
  4. #72fe7b

Monochromatic

  1. #025ed6
  2. #2684fd
  3. #72affe
  4. #bedaff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#72affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72affe
  2. #679ee5
  3. #5b8ccb
  4. #507bb2
  5. #446998
  6. #39587f
  7. #2e4666
  8. #22354c
  9. #172333
  10. #0b1219
  11. #000000

Tints

#72affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72affe
  2. #80b7fe
  3. #8ebffe
  4. #9cc7fe
  5. #aacffe
  6. #b9d7ff
  7. #c7dfff
  8. #d5e7ff
  9. #e3efff
  10. #f1f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72affe
  2. #73aaf1
  3. #75a6e5
  4. #76a1d8
  5. #789ccc
  6. #7998bf
  7. #7a93b2
  8. #7c8ea6
  9. #7d8999
  10. #7f858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98add2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fb4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da6fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #04c1cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84b2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #79aafd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4abae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72affe {
  color: #72affe;
}
Background
.bg-72affe {
  background-color: #72affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72affe {
  border: 2px solid #72affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 99% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72affe, #7b72fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.64 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.58 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.03 #8d5001 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Iceberg
#72affe  rgb(114, 175, 254)  hsl(214, 99%, 72%)  Iceberg
#fec172  rgb(254, 193, 114)  hsl(34, 99%, 72%)  Topaz
#fe72af  rgb(254, 114, 175)  hsl(334, 99%, 72%)  Hot Pink
#affe72  rgb(175, 254, 114)  hsl(94, 99%, 72%)  Inchworm