#72a4ee

Color #72a4ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.15 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#72a4ee

RGB

rgb(114, 164, 238)

HSL

hsl(215.8, 78.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.8, 52.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(66.75, 3.89, -42.21)

LCH

lch(66.75, 42.39, 275.27)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1214, 258.02)

HWB

hwb(215.8, 44.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eebc72

Analogous

#72e2ee

#72a4ee

#7e72ee

Triadic

#72a4ee

#ee72a4

#a4ee72

Split-complementary

#72a4ee

#ee7e72

#e2ee72

Tetradic

#72a4ee

#bc72ee

#eebc72

#a4ee72

Square

#72a4ee

#ee72e2

#eebc72

#72ee7e

Shades

Color #72a4ee mixed toward black.

#3e82e8

#1963d1

#134b9d

#0d3269

#061934

Tints

Color #72a4ee mixed toward white.

#89b3f1

#a1c2f4

#b8d1f7

#d0e1f9

#e7f0fc

Tones

Color #72a4ee mixed toward gray.

#7ca6e4

#87a8d9

#91aacf

#9bacc5

#a6aeba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bdf · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#8884db · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#75d2cf · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72a4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72a4ee]

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

#72a4ee (#72a4ee) is rgb(114, 164, 238) in RGB.

No, #72a4ee 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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