#72c8e5

Color #72c8e5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 4.56 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#72c8e5

RGB

rgb(114, 200, 229)

HSL

hsl(195.1, 68.9%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.1, 50.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(76.4, -18.25, -22.41)

LCH

lch(76.4, 28.9, 230.84)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0927, 221.98)

HWB

hwb(195.1, 44.7%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e58f72

Analogous

#72e5c9

#72c8e5

#728fe5

Triadic

#72c8e5

#e572c8

#c8e572

Split-complementary

#72c8e5

#e5728f

#e5c972

Tetradic

#72c8e5

#8f72e5

#e58f72

#c8e572

Square

#72c8e5

#c972e5

#e58f72

#8fe572

Shades

Color #72c8e5 mixed toward black.

#42b5dc

#249ac1

#1b7391

#124d61

#092630

Tints

Color #72c8e5 mixed toward white.

#8ad1e9

#a1daee

#b9e4f2

#d0edf6

#e8f6fb

Tones

Color #72c8e5 mixed toward gray.

#7cc3db

#85bfd2

#8fbac8

#98b5bf

#a2b0b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0de · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#9a93dd · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#78d9d8 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72c8e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72c8e5]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#72c8e5 (#72c8e5) is rgb(114, 200, 229) in RGB.

No, #72c8e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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