#72B2EA — Blue

#72B2EA is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium blue, and it is also commonly known as Blue, Cobalt Blue. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#72B2EA color swatch, blue#72B2EA
CSS Namedeepskyblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f1f6fa
100#e1ebf5
200#c8dcef
300#a0c5e6
400#71a8d8
500#4e91ca
600#3d7fb5
700#2c699b
800#225782
900#1b4a70
950#0d2b43

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.26:1
Contrast on black
9.27:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.008 246.2); /* #f1f6fa */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.016 246.2); /* #e1ebf5 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.034 246.2); /* #c8dcef */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.062 246.2); /* #a0c5e6 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.091 246.2); /* #71a8d8 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.11 246.2); /* #4e91ca */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.108 246.2); /* #3d7fb5 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.101 246.2); /* #2c699b */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.09 246.2); /* #225782 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.081 246.2); /* #1b4a70 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.057 246.2); /* #0d2b43 */
}

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