Information about #72BAE4 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #72BAE4 reads as a strongly colored sky-leaning azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Aero (#7CB9E8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Malibu (#66B7E1) and Argentinian Blue (#6CB4EE).
The recipe behind #72BAE4 is rgb(114, 186, 228), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #72BAE4 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. No one has named #72BAE4 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#72BAE4 color variations
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#72BAE4 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#72BAE4 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#72BAE4 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#72BAE4 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#72BAE4 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #72BAE4 color
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Nearest named colors to #72BAE4
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#7CB9E8
#66B7E1
#6CB4EE
#68B1E2
#76ABDF
#7EC0EE
#77B7D0
#6ECDDB
#65B8D1
#74BBFB
#7ECDDD
#73C2FB
#72BAE4 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#72BAE4
- RGB114, 186, 228
- CMYK45, 16, 0, 11
- CSSrgb(114, 186, 228)
- HSL202°, 68%, 67%
- HSL Precise202.105°, 67.857%, 67.059%
- HSV202°, 50%, 89%
- HSB202°, 50%, 89%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.447
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.894
- GLSLvec3(0.447, 0.729, 0.894)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.447, 0.729, 0.894, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.447, 0.729, 0.894)
- Percentage of Red in RGB44.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB89.4%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID72BAE4
- DECIMAL ID7518948
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
