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#72BBFA

#72bbfa ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72bbfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.4% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.79°, with 93.15% saturation and 71.37% 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 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 2.46.

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Relative luminance0.4602

Complementary

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #fab172

Split complementary

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #fa7277
  3. #faf572

Analogous

  1. #72faf5
  2. #72bbfa
  3. #7277fa

Triadic

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #fa72bb
  3. #bbfa72

Tetradic

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #b172fa
  3. #fab172
  4. #bbfa72

Square

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #f572fa
  3. #fab172
  4. #77fa72

Monochromatic

  1. #0771cc
  2. #2897f7
  3. #72bbfa
  4. #bcdffd
  5. #ebf5fe

Shades

#72bbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #67a8e1
  3. #5b96c8
  4. #5083af
  5. #447096
  6. #395e7d
  7. #2e4b64
  8. #22384b
  9. #172532
  10. #0b1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#72bbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #80c2fb
  3. #8ec9fb
  4. #9ccffc
  5. #aad6fc
  6. #b9ddfd
  7. #c7e4fd
  8. #d5ebfe
  9. #e3f1fe
  10. #f1f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72bbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72bbfa
  2. #73b5ee
  3. #75afe2
  4. #76a9d5
  5. #78a3c9
  6. #799ebd
  7. #7a98b1
  8. #7c92a5
  9. #7d8c98
  10. #7f868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9eb7d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0bcfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8eaff9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #07cad1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90bcfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84b4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ac4e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72bbfa {
  color: #72bbfa;
}
Background
.bg-72bbfa {
  background-color: #72bbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72bbfa {
  border: 2px solid #72bbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72bbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72bbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72bbfa, #7277fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72bbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 2.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.76 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.67 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.80 #8d4405 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#72bbfa  rgb(114, 187, 250)  hsl(208, 93%, 71%)  Maya Blue
#fab172  rgb(250, 177, 114)  hsl(28, 93%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#fa72bb  rgb(250, 114, 187)  hsl(328, 93%, 71%)  Hot Pink
#bbfa72  rgb(187, 250, 114)  hsl(88, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm