#72A2EA#72A2EA

#72A2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2EA
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 30.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 3.82, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 41.32, 275.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.024 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.118 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7060, 35.3560, 82.8215)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2EA #EABA72

analogous

#72DEEA #72A2EA #7E72EA

triadic

#72A2EA #EA72A2 #A2EA72

tetradic

#72A2EA #EA72DE #EABA72 #72EA7E

square

#72A2EA #EA72DE #EABA72 #72EA7E

split-complementary

#72A2EA #EA7E72 #DEEA72

monochromatic

#1D60C4 #3D7FE2 #72A2EA #A7C5F2 #DDE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#72A2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#72A2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2EA

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2EA	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bdf1',
    500: '#72a2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ea;
$custom-light: #a1bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70796,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2EA

secondary

#EEE0CA

accent

#870FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2EA

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

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