Information about #72BEC5 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#72BEC5 is a confidently colored water-like cyan that appears airy and pastel-like. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Blue Hosta (#77BFC7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Refresh (#71B8CA) and Northern Lights Blue (#78C7C7).
In RGB terms — rgb(114, 190, 197) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #72BEC5: 9.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #72BEC5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#72BEC5 color variations
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#72BEC5 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#72BEC5 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#72BEC5 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#72BEC5 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#72BEC5 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 #72BEC5 color
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Nearest named colors to #72BEC5
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#77BFC7
#71B8CA
#78C7C7
#6AB9BB
#77B7D0
#6AB2CA
#78B1BF
#7CB7BB
#6EAEC0
#65B8D1
#7AC5B4
#73A9C2
#72BEC5 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#72BEC5
- RGB114, 190, 197
- CMYK33, 3, 0, 23
- CSSrgb(114, 190, 197)
- HSL185°, 42%, 61%
- HSL Precise185.06°, 41.709%, 60.98%
- HSV185°, 42%, 77%
- HSB185°, 42%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.447
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
- GLSLvec3(0.447, 0.745, 0.773)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.447, 0.745, 0.773, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.447, 0.745, 0.773)
- Percentage of Red in RGB44.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID72BEC5
- DECIMAL ID7519941
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
