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Recognised as Colour

#72BDFD

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

#72BDFD is a blue with RGB values 114, 189, 253 and HSL 208°, 97%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#72BDFD#72BDFD
HEX#72BDFD
RGBrgb(114, 189, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.7412, 0.9922
RGB percentages44.7%, 74.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(207.6, 97.2%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.6, 54.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK54.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,519,741
CSS custom property--colour: #72BDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#8D4202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FB0FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB272
Analogous#72FDF8, #7277FD
Triadic#FD72BD, #BDFD72
Split complementary#FD7277, #FDF872
Tetradic#F872FD, #FDB272, #77FD72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7ECFE
Lighter +10%#A4D5FE
Darker −10%#40A5FC
Darker −20%#0D8EFC
Darker −30%#0373D3
Darker −40%#0258A1
More saturated +25%#70BDFF
Less saturated −25%#84BCEB

Channel breakdown

R114
G189
B253
Red114 (44.7%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue207.63°
Saturation (HSL)97.2%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G BD · B FD

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