Colour

#72BBE4

#72BBE4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light skyblue

#72BBE4 is a blue with RGB values 114, 187, 228 and HSL 202°, 68%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

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HEX#72BBE4

RGBrgb(114, 187, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.7333, 0.8941

RGB percentages44.7%, 73.3%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(201.6, 67.9%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.6, 50%, 89.4%)

CMYK50%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,519,204

CSS custom property--colour: #72BBE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#8D441B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8B9E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#98ADE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#34C6C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.1 Sky blue · ΔE 9.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1 Light blue · ΔE 19.5 Steel blue · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E49B72

Analogous#72E4D4, #7282E4

Triadic#E472BB, #BBE472

Split complementary#E47282, #E4D472

Tetradic#D472E4, #E49B72, #82E472

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2F9FD

Lighter +20%#C8E4F4

Lighter +10%#9DD0EC

Darker −10%#47A6DC

Darker −20%#278FC9

Darker −30%#1E719F

Darker −40%#165274

More saturated +25%#5DC1F9

Less saturated −25%#87B5CF

Channel breakdown

R114

G187

B228

Red114 (44.7%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue201.58°

Saturation (HSL)67.86%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G BB · B E4

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