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#72FDFF

#72fdff ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72fdff is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 99.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.29% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180.85°, with 100% saturation and 72.35% 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 17.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 2.03.

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Relative luminance0.8105

Complementary

  1. #72fdff
  2. #ff7472

Split complementary

  1. #72fdff
  2. #ff72b6
  3. #ffba72

Analogous

  1. #72ffba
  2. #72fdff
  3. #72b6ff

Triadic

  1. #72fdff
  2. #ff72fd
  3. #fdff72

Tetradic

  1. #72fdff
  2. #7472ff
  3. #ff7472
  4. #fdff72

Square

  1. #72fdff
  2. #ba72ff
  3. #ff7472
  4. #b6ff72

Monochromatic

  1. #00d5d8
  2. #25fcff
  3. #72fdff
  4. #befeff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#72fdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72fdff
  2. #67e4e6
  3. #5bcacc
  4. #50b1b3
  5. #449899
  6. #397f80
  7. #2e6566
  8. #224c4d
  9. #173333
  10. #0b191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#72fdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72fdff
  2. #80fdff
  3. #8efdff
  4. #9cfeff
  5. #aafeff
  6. #b9feff
  7. #c7feff
  8. #d5feff
  9. #e3ffff
  10. #f1ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72fdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72fdff
  2. #73f1f2
  3. #75e4e6
  4. #76d8d9
  5. #78cbcc
  6. #79bfc0
  7. #7ab2b3
  8. #7ca6a6
  9. #7d9999
  10. #7f8d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4f1f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eef2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7e1ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fffd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8f7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7edff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #39fffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72fdff {
  color: #72fdff;
}
Background
.bg-72fdff {
  background-color: #72fdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72fdff {
  border: 2px solid #72fdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72fdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 253 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 100% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72fdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72fdff, #72b6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72fdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 253 255 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 2.03 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.89 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.89 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.33 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.19 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.53 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.12 #8d0200 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#72fdff  rgb(114, 253, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 72%)  Electric Blue
#ff7472  rgb(255, 116, 114)  hsl(1, 100%, 72%)  Pastel Red
#ff72fd  rgb(255, 114, 253)  hsl(301, 100%, 72%)  Fuchsia Pink
#fdff72  rgb(253, 255, 114)  hsl(61, 100%, 72%)  Laser Lemon