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#72CDFD

#72cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#72cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.94% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 200.72°, with 97.2% saturation and 71.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.38.

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Relative luminance0.5433

Complementary

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #fda272

Split complementary

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #fd7287
  3. #fde772

Analogous

  1. #72fde7
  2. #72cdfd
  3. #7287fd

Triadic

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #fd72cd
  3. #cdfd72

Tetradic

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #a272fd
  3. #fda272
  4. #cdfd72

Square

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #e772fd
  3. #fda272
  4. #87fd72

Monochromatic

  1. #038bd3
  2. #27b2fc
  3. #72cdfd
  4. #bde8fe
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#72cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #67b9e4
  3. #5ba4ca
  4. #5090b1
  5. #447b98
  6. #39677f
  7. #2e5265
  8. #223e4c
  9. #172933
  10. #0b1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#72cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #80d2fd
  3. #8ed7fd
  4. #9cdcfe
  5. #aae1fe
  6. #b9e6fe
  7. #c7ebfe
  8. #d5f0fe
  9. #e3f5ff
  10. #f1faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72cdfd
  2. #73c5f1
  3. #75bee4
  4. #76b6d8
  5. #78aecb
  6. #79a7bf
  7. #7a9fb2
  8. #7c97a6
  9. #7d8f99
  10. #7f888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8c7dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2bcfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dadd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fccfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92c3fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46d5ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72cdfd {
  color: #72cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-72cdfd {
  background-color: #72cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #72cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 97% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72cdfd, #7287fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.18 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.76 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.90 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.90 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.53 #8d3202 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#72cdfd  rgb(114, 205, 253)  hsl(201, 97%, 72%)  Light Sky Blue
#fda272  rgb(253, 162, 114)  hsl(21, 97%, 72%)  Light Salmon
#fd72cd  rgb(253, 114, 205)  hsl(321, 97%, 72%)  Rose Pink
#cdfd72  rgb(205, 253, 114)  hsl(81, 97%, 72%)  Inchworm