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#72DAFF

#72daff ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72daff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 85.49% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.29% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 195.74°, 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 13.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.1.

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Relative luminance0.6094

Complementary

  1. #72daff
  2. #ff9772

Split complementary

  1. #72daff
  2. #ff7293
  3. #ffdd72

Analogous

  1. #72ffdd
  2. #72daff
  3. #7293ff

Triadic

  1. #72daff
  2. #ff72da
  3. #daff72

Tetradic

  1. #72daff
  2. #9772ff
  3. #ff9772
  4. #daff72

Square

  1. #72daff
  2. #dd72ff
  3. #ff9772
  4. #93ff72

Monochromatic

  1. #009fd8
  2. #25c6ff
  3. #72daff
  4. #beeeff
  5. #ebfaff

Shades

#72daff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72daff
  2. #67c4e6
  3. #5baecc
  4. #5099b3
  5. #448399
  6. #396d80
  7. #2e5766
  8. #22414d
  9. #172c33
  10. #0b161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#72daff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72daff
  2. #80deff
  3. #8ee1ff
  4. #9ce5ff
  5. #aae9ff
  6. #b9edff
  7. #c7f0ff
  8. #d5f4ff
  9. #e3f8ff
  10. #f1fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72daff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72daff
  2. #73d1f2
  3. #75c8e6
  4. #76bfd9
  5. #78b6cc
  6. #79adc0
  7. #7aa4b3
  8. #7c9ba6
  9. #7d9299
  10. #7f898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0d2e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c6ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aad7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bceff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #42e1f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72daff {
  color: #72daff;
}
Background
.bg-72daff {
  background-color: #72daff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72daff {
  border: 2px solid #72daff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72daff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 218 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72daff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72daff, #7293ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72daff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 218 255 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.10 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.14 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.84 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.05 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.27 #8d2500 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#72daff  rgb(114, 218, 255)  hsl(196, 100%, 72%)  Sky Blue
#ff9772  rgb(255, 151, 114)  hsl(16, 100%, 72%)  Light Salmon
#ff72da  rgb(255, 114, 218)  hsl(316, 100%, 72%)  Rose Pink
#daff72  rgb(218, 255, 114)  hsl(76, 100%, 72%)  Inchworm