#72A0EA#72A0EA

#72A0EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A0EA
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 4.96, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 42.29, 276.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0217 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.12 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3565, 34.6570, 82.7050)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A0EA #EABC72

analogous

#72DCEA #72A0EA #8072EA

triadic

#72A0EA #EA72A0 #A0EA72

tetradic

#72A0EA #EA72DC #EABC72 #72EA80

square

#72A0EA #EA72DC #EABC72 #72EA80

split-complementary

#72A0EA #EA8072 #DCEA72

monochromatic

#1D5DC4 #3D7CE2 #72A0EA #A7C4F2 #DDE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#72A0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#72A0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A0EA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A0EA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bbf1',
    500: '#72a0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a0ea;
$custom-light: #a1bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A0EA

secondary

#EEE0CA

accent

#8A0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A0EA

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

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