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#72E2F2

#72e2f2 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72e2f2 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 88.63% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.89% cyan, 6.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 187.5°, with 83.12% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.6438

Complementary

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #f28272

Split complementary

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #f272a2
  3. #f2c272

Analogous

  1. #72f2c2
  2. #72e2f2
  3. #72a2f2

Triadic

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #f272e2
  3. #e2f272

Tetradic

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #8272f2
  3. #f28272
  4. #e2f272

Square

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #c272f2
  3. #f28272
  4. #a2f272

Monochromatic

  1. #11a5ba
  2. #2cd4ec
  3. #72e2f2
  4. #b8f0f8
  5. #ecfbfd

Shades

#72e2f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #67cbda
  3. #5bb5c2
  4. #509ea9
  5. #448891
  6. #397179
  7. #2e5a61
  8. #224449
  9. #172d30
  10. #0b1718
  11. #000000

Tints

#72e2f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #80e5f3
  3. #8ee8f5
  4. #9cebf6
  5. #aaeef7
  6. #b9f1f9
  7. #c7f3fa
  8. #d5f6fb
  9. #e3f9fc
  10. #f1fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72e2f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72e2f2
  2. #73d8e7
  3. #75cedb
  4. #76c5d0
  5. #78bbc4
  6. #79b1b9
  7. #7aa7ae
  8. #7c9da2
  9. #7d9497
  10. #7f8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3d9df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2dbf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beccf2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eae7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4def3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5d5f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47e7eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72e2f2 {
  color: #72e2f2;
}
Background
.bg-72e2f2 {
  background-color: #72e2f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72e2f2 {
  border: 2px solid #72e2f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72e2f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 226 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 83% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72e2f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72e2f2, #72a2f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72e2f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 226 242 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.11 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.16 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.06 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.38 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.55 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.98 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 9.19 #8d1d0d Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#72e2f2  rgb(114, 226, 242)  hsl(188, 83%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#f28272  rgb(242, 130, 114)  hsl(8, 83%, 70%)  Salmon
#f272e2  rgb(242, 114, 226)  hsl(308, 83%, 70%)  Violet
#e2f272  rgb(226, 242, 114)  hsl(68, 83%, 70%)  Pastel Yellow