#72A2ED#72A2ED

#72A2ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2ED
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 4.73, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 42.84, 276.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0232 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.122 259)
XYZ	xyz(35.1406, 35.5299, 85.1105)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2ED #EDBD72

analogous

#72E0ED #72A2ED #8072ED

triadic

#72A2ED #ED72A2 #A2ED72

tetradic

#72A2ED #ED72E0 #EDBD72 #72ED80

square

#72A2ED #ED72E0 #EDBD72 #72ED80

split-complementary

#72A2ED #ED8072 #E0ED72

monochromatic

#1A5FCB #3C7EE6 #72A2ED #A8C6F4 #DFEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72A2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#72A2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2ED

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2ED	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bdf3',
    500: '#72a2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ed;
$custom-light: #a1bdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.585,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2ED

secondary

#F0E1CB

accent

#890CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2ED

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

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