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#72BEFA

#72befa ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72befa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 74.51% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.4% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.47°, 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 1.33.

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Relative luminance0.4731

Complementary

  1. #72befa
  2. #faae72

Split complementary

  1. #72befa
  2. #fa727a
  3. #faf272

Analogous

  1. #72faf2
  2. #72befa
  3. #727afa

Triadic

  1. #72befa
  2. #fa72be
  3. #befa72

Tetradic

  1. #72befa
  2. #ae72fa
  3. #faae72
  4. #befa72

Square

  1. #72befa
  2. #f272fa
  3. #faae72
  4. #7afa72

Monochromatic

  1. #0775cc
  2. #289cf7
  3. #72befa
  4. #bce0fd
  5. #ebf6fe

Shades

#72befa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72befa
  2. #67abe1
  3. #5b98c8
  4. #5085af
  5. #447296
  6. #395f7d
  7. #2e4c64
  8. #22394b
  9. #172632
  10. #0b1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#72befa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72befa
  2. #80c5fb
  3. #8ecbfb
  4. #9cd2fc
  5. #aad8fc
  6. #b9dffd
  7. #c7e5fd
  8. #d5ecfe
  9. #e3f2fe
  10. #f1f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72befa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72befa
  2. #73b8ee
  3. #75b2e2
  4. #76abd5
  5. #78a5c9
  6. #799fbd
  7. #7a99b1
  8. #7c93a5
  9. #7d8c98
  10. #7f868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0bad5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4bffd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92b1f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #03cdd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93befc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86b6f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ac7e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72befa {
  color: #72befa;
}
Background
.bg-72befa {
  background-color: #72befa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72befa {
  border: 2px solid #72befa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72befa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 190 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72befa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72befa, #727afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72befa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 190 250 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 1.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.14 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.71 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.84 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.86 #8d4105 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#72befa  rgb(114, 190, 250)  hsl(206, 93%, 71%)  Maya Blue
#faae72  rgb(250, 174, 114)  hsl(26, 93%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#fa72be  rgb(250, 114, 190)  hsl(326, 93%, 71%)  Hot Pink
#befa72  rgb(190, 250, 114)  hsl(86, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm