#72B3FA — Blue

#72B3FA is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a balanced light cornflower blue, and it is also commonly known as Cornflower Blue, Periwinkle. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#72B3FA color swatch, blue#72B3FA
CSS Namedeepskyblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f1f6fc
100#e1ebf7
200#c7dcf3
300#9fc4ee
400#6fa6e3
500#4b8fd7
600#3a7cc1
700#2967a6
800#20558c
900#194878
950#0c2a49

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.20:1
Contrast on black
9.54:1
  • 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 0.009 251.7); /* #f1f6fc */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.019 251.7); /* #e1ebf7 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.04 251.7); /* #c7dcf3 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.072 251.7); /* #9fc4ee */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.107 251.7); /* #6fa6e3 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.129 251.7); /* #4b8fd7 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.126 251.7); /* #3a7cc1 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.119 251.7); /* #2967a6 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.106 251.7); /* #20558c */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.095 251.7); /* #194878 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.067 251.7); /* #0c2a49 */
}

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