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Recognised as Colour

#72DAFB

  • #72DAFB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#72DAFB is a cyan with RGB values 114, 218, 251 and HSL 194°, 94%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#72DAFB#72DAFB
HEX#72DAFB
RGBrgb(114, 218, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8549, 0.9843
RGB percentages44.7%, 85.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(194.5, 94.5%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 54.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK54.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,527,163
CSS custom property--colour: #72DAFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.14:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8D2504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 17.4Powder blue · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9372
Analogous#72FBD7, #7296FB
Triadic#FB72DA, #DAFB72
Split complementary#FB7296, #FBD772
Tetradic#D772FB, #FB9372, #96FB72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5F4FE
Lighter +10%#A4E7FC
Darker −10%#40CDFA
Darker −20%#0FC0F8
Darker −30%#069ECE
Darker −40%#04789D
More saturated +25%#6EDCFF
Less saturated −25%#84D1E9

Channel breakdown

R114
G218
B251
Red114 (44.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue194.45°
Saturation (HSL)94.48%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G DA · B FB

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