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Recognised as Colour

#72ABE9

  • #72ABE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#72ABE9 is a blue with RGB values 114, 171, 233 and HSL 211°, 73%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#72ABE9#72ABE9
HEX#72ABE9
RGBrgb(114, 171, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.6706, 0.9137
RGB percentages44.7%, 67.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(211.3, 73%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.3, 51.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK51.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,515,113
CSS custom property--colour: #72ABE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#8D5416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92ADECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A2E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#34B9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9B072
Analogous#72E7E9, #7472E9
Triadic#E972AB, #ABE972
Split complementary#E97472, #E7E972
Tetradic#E972E7, #E9B072, #72E974

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FAFE
Lighter +20%#CAE0F7
Lighter +10%#9EC5F0
Darker −10%#4691E2
Darker −20%#2177D4
Darker −30%#1A5EA8
Darker −40%#13457C
More saturated +25%#5EAAFD
Less saturated −25%#86ACD5

Channel breakdown

R114
G171
B233
Red114 (44.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue211.26°
Saturation (HSL)73.01%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G AB · B E9

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