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#72BEE2

#72bee2 ≈ Baby Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72bee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.56% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 199.29°, with 65.88% saturation and 66.67% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Baby Blue (#89cff0), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.459

Complementary

  1. #72bee2
  2. #e29672

Split complementary

  1. #72bee2
  2. #e27286
  3. #e2ce72

Analogous

  1. #72e2ce
  2. #72bee2
  3. #7286e2

Triadic

  1. #72bee2
  2. #e272be
  3. #bee272

Tetradic

  1. #72bee2
  2. #9672e2
  3. #e29672
  4. #bee272

Square

  1. #72bee2
  2. #ce72e2
  3. #e29672
  4. #86e272

Monochromatic

  1. #20749b
  2. #33a1d5
  3. #72bee2
  4. #b1dbef
  5. #eef7fc

Shades

#72bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72bee2
  2. #67abcb
  3. #5b98b5
  4. #50859e
  5. #447288
  6. #395f71
  7. #2e4c5a
  8. #223944
  9. #17262d
  10. #0b1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#72bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72bee2
  2. #80c5e5
  3. #8ecbe8
  4. #9cd2eb
  5. #aad8ee
  6. #b9dff1
  7. #c7e5f3
  8. #d5ecf6
  9. #e3f2f9
  10. #f1f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72bee2
  2. #73b8d8
  3. #75b2ce
  4. #76abc5
  5. #78a5bb
  6. #799fb1
  7. #7a99a7
  8. #7c939d
  9. #7d8c94
  10. #7f868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9eb8c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acbbe4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cafe2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #35c8ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98bce3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8db5e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #54c4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72bee2 {
  color: #72bee2;
}
Background
.bg-72bee2 {
  background-color: #72bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #72bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 66% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72bee2, #7286e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.60 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.64 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #8d411d Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Baby Blue
#72bee2  rgb(114, 190, 226)  hsl(199, 66%, 67%)  Baby Blue
#e29672  rgb(226, 150, 114)  hsl(19, 66%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#e272be  rgb(226, 114, 190)  hsl(319, 66%, 67%)  Sky Magenta
#bee272  rgb(190, 226, 114)  hsl(79, 66%, 67%)  June Bud