#72aed6

Color #72aed6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#72aed6

RGB

rgb(114, 174, 214)

HSL

hsl(204, 54.9%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 46.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(68.53, -8.71, -26.26)

LCH

lch(68.53, 27.67, 251.65)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0853, 238.71)

HWB

hwb(204, 44.7%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d69a72

Analogous

#72d6cc

#72aed6

#727cd6

Triadic

#72aed6

#d672ae

#aed672

Split-complementary

#72aed6

#d6727c

#d6cc72

Tetradic

#72aed6

#9a72d6

#d69a72

#aed672

Square

#72aed6

#cc72d6

#d69a72

#7cd672

Shades

Color #72aed6 mixed toward black.

#4896ca

#3179a9

#255b7f

#193d55

#0c1e2a

Tints

Color #72aed6 mixed toward white.

#89bbdd

#a1c9e4

#b8d6ea

#d0e4f1

#e7f1f8

Tones

Color #72aed6 mixed toward gray.

#7aacce

#83abc5

#8ba9bd

#93a7b5

#9ca6ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090cd · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#8c88cb · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#76c6c4 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72aed6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72aed6]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#72aed6 (#72aed6) is rgb(114, 174, 214) in RGB.

No, #72aed6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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