#72b2f8

Color #72b2f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#72b2f8

RGB

rgb(114, 178, 248)

HSL

hsl(211.3, 90.5%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.3, 54%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 28.2%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(71, -0.95, -40.99)

LCH

lch(71, 41, 268.67)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.1213, 251.74)

HWB

hwb(211.3, 44.7%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8b872

Analogous

#72f5f8

#72b2f8

#7572f8

Triadic

#72b2f8

#f872b2

#b2f872

Split-complementary

#72b2f8

#f87572

#f5f872

Tetradic

#72b2f8

#b872f8

#f8b872

#b2f872

Square

#72b2f8

#f872f5

#f8b872

#72f875

Shades

Color #72b2f8 mixed toward black.

#3993f5

#0b74e6

#0957ac

#063a73

#031d39

Tints

Color #72b2f8 mixed toward white.

#8abff9

#a1ccfa

#b9d9fb

#d0e5fd

#e8f2fe

Tones

Color #72b2f8 mixed toward gray.

#7db3ed

#88b3e2

#94b4d7

#9fb4cb

#aab5c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293ea · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#8e89e6 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#76ddda · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72b2f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72b2f8]

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Frequently asked questions

#72b2f8 (#72b2f8) is rgb(114, 178, 248) in RGB.

No, #72b2f8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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