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Recognised as Colour

#72DAFE

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

#72DAFE is a cyan with RGB values 114, 218, 254 and HSL 195°, 99%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#72DAFE#72DAFE
HEX#72DAFE
RGBrgb(114, 218, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8549, 0.9961
RGB percentages44.7%, 85.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(195.4, 98.6%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 55.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK55.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,527,166
CSS custom property--colour: #72DAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8D2501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 18.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8Powder blue · ΔE 20.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE9672
Analogous#72FEDC, #7294FE
Triadic#FE72DA, #DAFE72
Split complementary#FE7294, #FEDC72
Tetradic#DC72FE, #FE9672, #94FE72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7F5FF
Lighter +10%#A5E7FE
Darker −10%#3FCDFE
Darker −20%#0DBFFD
Darker −30%#029FD5
Darker −40%#0179A3
More saturated +25%#71DAFF
Less saturated −25%#84D1EC

Channel breakdown

R114
G218
B254
Red114 (44.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue195.43°
Saturation (HSL)98.59%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G DA · B FE

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