#7272E8#7272E8

#7272E8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.174 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7272E8
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 232)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 50.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 31.53, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 67.81, 297.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.03 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.174 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5177, 21.4366, 79.0160)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7272E8 #E8E872

analogous

#72ADE8 #7272E8 #AD72E8

triadic

#7272E8 #E87272 #72E872

tetradic

#7272E8 #E872AD #E8E872 #72E8AD

square

#7272E8 #E872AD #E8E872 #72E8AD

split-complementary

#7272E8 #E8AD72 #ADE872

monochromatic

#1F1FC0 #3D3DDF #7272E8 #A7A7F1 #DBDBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#7272E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#7272E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7272E8

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7272E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7272E8	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3684EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7272e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.174 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29af0',
    500: '#7272e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7272e8;
$custom-light: #a29af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7272e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61096,
    "c": 0.17386,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7272E8

secondary

#EDEDC9

accent

#D411D4

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FD

border

#CECCD5

text

#100E17

muted

#7F7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #7272E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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