#72a0e6

Color #72a0e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#72a0e6

RGB

rgb(114, 160, 230)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 69.9%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 50.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(65.3, 3.76, -40.08)

LCH

lch(65.3, 40.26, 275.36)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1149, 258.55)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 44.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b872

Analogous

#72dae6

#72a0e6

#7e72e6

Triadic

#72a0e6

#e672a0

#a0e672

Split-complementary

#72a0e6

#e67e72

#dae672

Tetradic

#72a0e6

#b872e6

#e6b872

#a0e672

Square

#72a0e6

#e672da

#e6b872

#72e67e

Shades

Color #72a0e6 mixed toward black.

#417fdd

#2362c3

#1a4a92

#113161

#091931

Tints

Color #72a0e6 mixed toward white.

#8ab0ea

#a1c0ee

#b9d0f3

#d0dff7

#e8effb

Tones

Color #72a0e6 mixed toward gray.

#7ca2dc

#86a4d3

#8fa6c9

#99a8bf

#a2aab6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889d8 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#8682d4 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#75ccc9 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72a0e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72a0e6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#72a0e6 (#72a0e6) is rgb(114, 160, 230) in RGB.

No, #72a0e6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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