#72a2d2

Color #72a2d2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#72a2d2

RGB

rgb(114, 162, 210)

HSL

hsl(210, 51.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 45.7%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(65.02, -3.24, -29.47)

LCH

lch(65.02, 29.65, 263.73)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0878, 249.19)

HWB

hwb(210, 44.7%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2a272

Analogous

#72d2d2

#72a2d2

#7272d2

Triadic

#72a2d2

#d272a2

#a2d272

Split-complementary

#72a2d2

#d27272

#d2d272

Tetradic

#72a2d2

#a272d2

#d2a272

#a2d272

Square

#72a2d2

#d272d2

#d2a272

#72d272

Shades

Color #72a2d2 mixed toward black.

#4987c5

#346ca4

#27517b

#1a3652

#0d1b29

Tints

Color #72a2d2 mixed toward white.

#89b1d9

#a1c1e1

#b8d0e8

#d0e0f0

#e7eff7

Tones

Color #72a2d2 mixed toward gray.

#7aa2ca

#82a2c2

#8aa2ba

#92a2b2

#9aa2aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ac8 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#8783c5 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#75bfbd · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72a2d2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72a2d2]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#72a2d2 (#72a2d2) is rgb(114, 162, 210) in RGB.

No, #72a2d2 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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