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#72CEED

#72ceed ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72ceed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 80.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.9% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 195.12°, with 77.36% saturation and 68.82% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 2.52.

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Relative luminance0.5383

Complementary

  1. #72ceed
  2. #ed9172

Split complementary

  1. #72ceed
  2. #ed7290
  3. #edce72

Analogous

  1. #72edce
  2. #72ceed
  3. #7290ed

Triadic

  1. #72ceed
  2. #ed72ce
  3. #ceed72

Tetradic

  1. #72ceed
  2. #9172ed
  3. #ed9172
  4. #ceed72

Square

  1. #72ceed
  2. #ce72ed
  3. #ed9172
  4. #90ed72

Monochromatic

  1. #1689b0
  2. #2eb6e4
  3. #72ceed
  4. #b6e6f6
  5. #edf9fd

Shades

#72ceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72ceed
  2. #67b9d5
  3. #5ba5be
  4. #5090a6
  5. #447c8e
  6. #396777
  7. #2e525f
  8. #223e47
  9. #17292f
  10. #0b1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#72ceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72ceed
  2. #80d3ef
  3. #8ed8f1
  4. #9cddf2
  5. #aae2f4
  6. #b9e7f6
  7. #c7ebf8
  8. #d5f0fa
  9. #e3f5fb
  10. #f1fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72ceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72ceed
  2. #73c6e2
  3. #75bed7
  4. #76b7cc
  5. #78afc1
  6. #79a7b7
  7. #7a9fac
  8. #7c97a1
  9. #7d9096
  10. #7f888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8c7d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bccaef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aabced ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1dd8d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3cbee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97c3ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4dd4e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72ceed {
  color: #72ceed;
}
Background
.bg-72ceed {
  background-color: #72ceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72ceed {
  border: 2px solid #72ceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72ceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 77% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72ceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72ceed, #7290ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72ceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.52 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.36 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.87 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.93 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.57 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.61 #8d3112 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#72ceed  rgb(114, 206, 237)  hsl(195, 77%, 69%)  Sky Blue
#ed9172  rgb(237, 145, 114)  hsl(15, 77%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#ed72ce  rgb(237, 114, 206)  hsl(315, 77%, 69%)  Rose Pink
#ceed72  rgb(206, 237, 114)  hsl(75, 77%, 69%)  June Bud