#72A2EC#72A2EC

#72A2EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2EC
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 4.42, -42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 42.33, 276.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0235 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.121 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9949, 35.4716, 84.3432)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2EC #ECBC72

analogous

#72DFEC #72A2EC #7F72EC

triadic

#72A2EC #EC72A2 #A2EC72

tetradic

#72A2EC #EC72DF #ECBC72 #72EC7F

square

#72A2EC #EC72DF #ECBC72 #72EC7F

split-complementary

#72A2EC #EC7F72 #DFEC72

monochromatic

#1B5FC9 #3C7EE5 #72A2EC #A8C6F3 #DEE9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72A2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#72A2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2EC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2EC	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bdf2',
    500: '#72a2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ec;
$custom-light: #a1bdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.393,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70895,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2EC

secondary

#EFE1CB

accent

#880DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2EC

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

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