#72A2E7#72A2E7

#72A2E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2E7
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 231)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 2.92, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 39.81, 274.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0248 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.114 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2787, 35.1851, 80.5709)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2E7 #E7B772

analogous

#72DCE7 #72A2E7 #7D72E7

triadic

#72A2E7 #E772A2 #A2E772

tetradic

#72A2E7 #E772DC #E7B772 #72E77D

square

#72A2E7 #E772DC #E7B772 #72E77D

split-complementary

#72A2E7 #E77D72 #DCE772

monochromatic

#2061BE #3E80DE #72A2E7 #A6C4F0 #DBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72A2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#72A2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2E7

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2E7	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bdef',
    500: '#72a2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2e7;
$custom-light: #a1bdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.385,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70649,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2E7

secondary

#EDDEC8

accent

#8413D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2E7

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

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