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#72B4EA

#72b4ea ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72b4ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 70.59% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.28% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207°, with 74.07% saturation and 68.24% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.4216

Complementary

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #eaa872

Split complementary

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #ea7278
  3. #eae472

Analogous

  1. #72eae4
  2. #72b4ea
  3. #7278ea

Triadic

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #ea72b4
  3. #b4ea72

Tetradic

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #a872ea
  3. #eaa872
  4. #b4ea72

Square

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #e472ea
  3. #eaa872
  4. #78ea72

Monochromatic

  1. #1969aa
  2. #2f91e0
  3. #72b4ea
  4. #b5d7f4
  5. #edf6fc

Shades

#72b4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #67a2d3
  3. #5b90bb
  4. #507ea4
  5. #446c8c
  6. #395a75
  7. #2e485e
  8. #223646
  9. #17242f
  10. #0b1217
  11. #000000

Tints

#72b4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #80bcec
  3. #8ec3ee
  4. #9ccbf0
  5. #aad2f2
  6. #b9daf5
  7. #c7e1f7
  8. #d5e9f9
  9. #e3f0fb
  10. #f1f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72b4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72b4ea
  2. #73afdf
  3. #75aad5
  4. #76a4ca
  5. #789fc0
  6. #799ab5
  7. #7a95aa
  8. #7c90a0
  9. #7d8a95
  10. #7f858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99b0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9db5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da8e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #30c1c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eb4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83ade9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #52bcd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72b4ea {
  color: #72b4ea;
}
Background
.bg-72b4ea {
  background-color: #72b4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72b4ea {
  border: 2px solid #72b4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72b4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 180 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72b4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72b4ea, #7278ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72b4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 180 234 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.40 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.35 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.02 #8d4b15 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#72b4ea  rgb(114, 180, 234)  hsl(207, 74%, 68%)  Maya Blue
#eaa872  rgb(234, 168, 114)  hsl(27, 74%, 68%)  Fawn
#ea72b4  rgb(234, 114, 180)  hsl(327, 74%, 68%)  Hot Pink
#b4ea72  rgb(180, 234, 114)  hsl(87, 74%, 68%)  Inchworm