#72b3f4

Color #72b3f4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 15.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#72b3f4

RGB

rgb(114, 179, 244)

HSL

hsl(210, 85.5%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 53.3%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(71.11, -2.71, -38.66)

LCH

lch(71.11, 38.75, 265.99)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.1156, 249.61)

HWB

hwb(210, 44.7%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4b372

Analogous

#72f4f4

#72b3f4

#7272f4

Triadic

#72b3f4

#f472b3

#b3f472

Split-complementary

#72b3f4

#f47272

#f4f472

Tetradic

#72b3f4

#b372f4

#f4b372

#b3f472

Square

#72b3f4

#f472f4

#f4b372

#72f472

Shades

Color #72b3f4 mixed toward black.

#3b95f0

#1177dd

#0d5aa6

#093c6f

#041e37

Tints

Color #72b3f4 mixed toward white.

#8ac0f6

#a1ccf8

#b9d9f9

#d0e6fb

#e8f2fd

Tones

Color #72b3f4 mixed toward gray.

#7db3e9

#88b3de

#93b3d3

#9db3c9

#a8b3be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393e6 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#8f8ae3 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#76dbd8 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72b3f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72b3f4]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#72b3f4 (#72b3f4) is rgb(114, 179, 244) in RGB.

No, #72b3f4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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