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#72CBFA

#72cbfa ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72cbfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 79.61% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.4% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 200.74°, 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 11.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.41.

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Relative luminance0.5319

Complementary

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #faa172

Split complementary

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #fa7287
  3. #fae572

Analogous

  1. #72fae5
  2. #72cbfa
  3. #7287fa

Triadic

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #fa72cb
  3. #cbfa72

Tetradic

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #a172fa
  3. #faa172
  4. #cbfa72

Square

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #e572fa
  3. #faa172
  4. #87fa72

Monochromatic

  1. #0788cc
  2. #28b0f7
  3. #72cbfa
  4. #bce6fd
  5. #ebf8fe

Shades

#72cbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #67b7e1
  3. #5ba2c8
  4. #508eaf
  5. #447a96
  6. #39667d
  7. #2e5164
  8. #223d4b
  9. #172932
  10. #0b1419
  11. #000000

Tints

#72cbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #80d0fb
  3. #8ed5fb
  4. #9cdbfc
  5. #aae0fc
  6. #b9e5fd
  7. #c7eafd
  8. #d5effe
  9. #e3f5fe
  10. #f1faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72cbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72cbfa
  2. #73c4ee
  3. #75bce2
  4. #76b5d5
  5. #78adc9
  6. #79a6bd
  7. #7a9eb1
  8. #7c97a5
  9. #7d8f98
  10. #7f888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7c5da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c9fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bbf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d8da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ecafb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91c1fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #48d3e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72cbfa {
  color: #72cbfa;
}
Background
.bg-72cbfa {
  background-color: #72cbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72cbfa {
  border: 2px solid #72cbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72cbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 203 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72cbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72cbfa, #7287fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72cbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 203 250 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.41 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.93 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.64 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.72 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.40 #8d3405 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#72cbfa  rgb(114, 203, 250)  hsl(201, 93%, 71%)  Light Sky Blue
#faa172  rgb(250, 161, 114)  hsl(21, 93%, 71%)  Light Salmon
#fa72cb  rgb(250, 114, 203)  hsl(321, 93%, 71%)  Rose Pink
#cbfa72  rgb(203, 250, 114)  hsl(81, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm