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#72BDFA

#72bdfa ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72bdfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 74.12% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.4% cyan, 24.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.91°, 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 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 1.71.

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Relative luminance0.4687

Complementary

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #faaf72

Split complementary

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #fa7279
  3. #faf372

Analogous

  1. #72faf3
  2. #72bdfa
  3. #7279fa

Triadic

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #fa72bd
  3. #bdfa72

Tetradic

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #af72fa
  3. #faaf72
  4. #bdfa72

Square

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #f372fa
  3. #faaf72
  4. #79fa72

Monochromatic

  1. #0774cc
  2. #289af7
  3. #72bdfa
  4. #bce0fd
  5. #ebf6fe

Shades

#72bdfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #67aae1
  3. #5b97c8
  4. #5084af
  5. #447196
  6. #395f7d
  7. #2e4c64
  8. #22394b
  9. #172632
  10. #0b1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#72bdfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #80c4fb
  3. #8ecafb
  4. #9cd1fc
  5. #aad7fc
  6. #b9defd
  7. #c7e5fd
  8. #d5ebfe
  9. #e3f2fe
  10. #f1f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72bdfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72bdfa
  2. #73b7ee
  3. #75b1e2
  4. #76abd5
  5. #78a5c9
  6. #799fbd
  7. #7a98b1
  8. #7c92a5
  9. #7d8c98
  10. #7f868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fb9d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3befd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91b0f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #04ccd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92befc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85b5f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ac6e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72bdfa {
  color: #72bdfa;
}
Background
.bg-72bdfa {
  background-color: #72bdfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72bdfa {
  border: 2px solid #72bdfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72bdfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 189 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72bdfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72bdfa, #7279fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72bdfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 189 250 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 1.71 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.06 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.04 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.69 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.16 #8d4205 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#72bdfa  rgb(114, 189, 250)  hsl(207, 93%, 71%)  Maya Blue
#faaf72  rgb(250, 175, 114)  hsl(27, 93%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#fa72bd  rgb(250, 114, 189)  hsl(327, 93%, 71%)  Hot Pink
#bdfa72  rgb(189, 250, 114)  hsl(87, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm