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#72CCFF

#72ccff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72ccff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 80% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.29% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.7°, with 100% saturation and 72.35% 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 11.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.3.

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Relative luminance0.5398

Complementary

  1. #72ccff
  2. #ffa572

Split complementary

  1. #72ccff
  2. #ff7285
  3. #ffeb72

Analogous

  1. #72ffeb
  2. #72ccff
  3. #7285ff

Triadic

  1. #72ccff
  2. #ff72cc
  3. #ccff72

Tetradic

  1. #72ccff
  2. #a572ff
  3. #ffa572
  4. #ccff72

Square

  1. #72ccff
  2. #eb72ff
  3. #ffa572
  4. #85ff72

Monochromatic

  1. #008ad8
  2. #25b0ff
  3. #72ccff
  4. #bee8ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#72ccff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72ccff
  2. #67b8e6
  3. #5ba3cc
  4. #508fb3
  5. #447a99
  6. #396680
  7. #2e5266
  8. #223d4d
  9. #172933
  10. #0b141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#72ccff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72ccff
  2. #80d1ff
  3. #8ed6ff
  4. #9cdbff
  5. #aae0ff
  6. #b9e6ff
  7. #c7ebff
  8. #d5f0ff
  9. #e3f5ff
  10. #f1faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72ccff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72ccff
  2. #73c4f2
  3. #75bde6
  4. #76b5d9
  5. #78aecc
  6. #79a6c0
  7. #7a9eb3
  8. #7c97a6
  9. #7d8f99
  10. #7f888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8c6dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0bcfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ecbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90c2ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #45d4eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72ccff {
  color: #72ccff;
}
Background
.bg-72ccff {
  background-color: #72ccff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72ccff {
  border: 2px solid #72ccff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72ccff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 204 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72ccff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72ccff, #7285ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72ccff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 204 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.43 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.32 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.77 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.79 #8d3300 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#72ccff  rgb(114, 204, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 72%)  Light Sky Blue
#ffa572  rgb(255, 165, 114)  hsl(22, 100%, 72%)  Light Salmon
#ff72cc  rgb(255, 114, 204)  hsl(322, 100%, 72%)  Rose Pink
#ccff72  rgb(204, 255, 114)  hsl(82, 100%, 72%)  Inchworm