#72A2EE#72A2EE

#72A2EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2EE
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 5.03, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 43.35, 276.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0229 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.123 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2871, 35.5885, 85.8821)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2EE #EEBE72

analogous

#72E0EE #72A2EE #8072EE

triadic

#72A2EE #EE72A2 #A2EE72

tetradic

#72A2EE #EE72E0 #EEBE72 #72EE80

square

#72A2EE #EE72E0 #EEBE72 #72EE80

split-complementary

#72A2EE #EE8072 #E0EE72

monochromatic

#195ECD #3B7EE7 #72A2EE #A9C6F5 #DFEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72A2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#72A2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2EE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2EE	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdf4',
    500: '#72a2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ee;
$custom-light: #a2bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70995,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2EE

secondary

#F0E2CC

accent

#8A0BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2EE

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

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