#72a5f8

Color #72a5f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#72a5f8

RGB

rgb(114, 165, 248)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 90.5%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 54%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(67.47, 6.37, -46.53)

LCH

lch(67.47, 46.96, 277.8)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1334, 259.77)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 44.7%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8c572

Analogous

#72e8f8

#72a5f8

#8272f8

Triadic

#72a5f8

#f872a5

#a5f872

Split-complementary

#72a5f8

#f88272

#e8f872

Tetradic

#72a5f8

#c572f8

#f8c572

#a5f872

Square

#72a5f8

#f872e8

#f8c572

#72f882

Shades

Color #72a5f8 mixed toward black.

#3980f5

#0b5ee6

#0947ac

#062f73

#031839

Tints

Color #72a5f8 mixed toward white.

#8ab4f9

#a1c3fa

#b9d2fb

#d0e1fd

#e8f0fe

Tones

Color #72a5f8 mixed toward gray.

#7da8ed

#88aae2

#94add7

#9fb0cb

#aab2c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8be7 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8884e3 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#75d9d6 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 22.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #72a5f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72a5f8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#72a5f8 (#72a5f8) is rgb(114, 165, 248) in RGB.

No, #72a5f8 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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