All About Color #72B5FD

#72B5FD

About #72B5FD

#72B5FD is a light blue color with the hex code #72B5FD. In RGB it is red 114, green 181, blue 253; in HSL it is hue 211°, saturation 97%, lightness 72%; in CMYK it is 55%, 28%, 0%, 1%. Its contrast ratio is 2.16:1 on white and 9.74:1 on black.

#72B5FD Color Conversion

Hex triplet72, B5, FD
CMYK54.94%, 28.46%, 0.00%, 0.78%
RGB Decimal114, 181, 253
HSL211°, 97%, 72%
RGB Octal162, 265, 375
HSV (HSB)211.08°, 54.94%, 99.22%
RGB Binary1110010, 10110101, 11111101
CIE-L*AB72.04, -1.10, -42.09
RGB Percent44.71%, 70.98%, 99.22%
CIE-L*CH72.04, 42.11, 268.51
XYZ41.19, 43.72, 99.20
CIE-L*UV72.04, -30.11, -68.09
xyY0.22, 0.24, 43.72
Hunter-Lab66.12, -4.50, -42.67
RYB44.71%, 62.43%, 99.22%

Color Accessibility Scores

#72B5FD on a dark background: contrast 9.74:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#72B5FD on a light background: contrast 2.16:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #72B5FD, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#72B5FD · #CDE5FE · #1886FB · #FDBA72 · #FEE6CD

Analogous palette

#72FDBA · #72FBFD · #72B5FD · #7572FD · #BA72FD

Triadic palette

#72B5FD · #FD72B5 · #B5FD72 · #CDE5FE · #FECDE5

Tetradic palette

#72B5FD · #FD72FB · #FDBA72 · #72FD75 · #1886FB

Monochromatic palette

#0368D3 · #278EFC · #72B5FD · #BEDDFE · #E6F2FF

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