#72A2EB#72A2EB

#72A2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2EB
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 4.12, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 41.83, 275.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0237 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.119 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8500, 35.4136, 83.5802)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2EB #EBBB72

analogous

#72DFEB #72A2EB #7E72EB

triadic

#72A2EB #EB72A2 #A2EB72

tetradic

#72A2EB #EB72DF #EBBB72 #72EB7E

square

#72A2EB #EB72DF #EBBB72 #72EB7E

split-complementary

#72A2EB #EB7E72 #DFEB72

monochromatic

#1C60C6 #3C7FE3 #72A2EB #A8C5F3 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#72A2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#72A2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2EB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2EB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bdf1',
    500: '#72a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2eb;
$custom-light: #a1bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.198,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2EB

secondary

#EFE0CA

accent

#880ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2EB

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

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