#72dcff

Color #72dcff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.89 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#72dcff

RGB

rgb(114, 220, 255)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 100%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 55.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(82.9, -21.13, -26.37)

LCH

lch(82.9, 33.79, 231.3)

OKLCH

oklch(84.4%, 0.1092, 222.07)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 44.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9572

Analogous

#72ffdc

#72dcff

#7296ff

Triadic

#72dcff

#ff72dc

#dcff72

Split-complementary

#72dcff

#ff7296

#ffdc72

Tetradic

#72dcff

#9572ff

#ff9572

#dcff72

Square

#72dcff

#dc72ff

#ff9572

#96ff72

Shades

Color #72dcff mixed toward black.

#35cdff

#00b9f6

#008bb9

#005d7b

#002e3e

Tints

Color #72dcff mixed toward white.

#8ae2ff

#a1e8ff

#b9eeff

#d0f3ff

#e8f9ff

Tones

Color #72dcff mixed toward gray.

#7ed6f3

#8ad0e8

#95cadc

#a1c4d0

#adbfc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abacf7 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#a49cf5 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#7af1ef · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 20.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #72dcff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72dcff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#72dcff (#72dcff) is rgb(114, 220, 255) in RGB.

No, #72dcff 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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