#72A2EF#72A2EF

#72A2EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2EF
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 5.33, -43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 43.86, 276.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0227 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.125 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4344, 35.6474, 86.6580)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2EF #EFBF72

analogous

#72E1EF #72A2EF #8172EF

triadic

#72A2EF #EF72A2 #A2EF72

tetradic

#72A2EF #EF72E1 #EFBF72 #72EF81

square

#72A2EF #EF72E1 #EFBF72 #72EF81

split-complementary

#72A2EF #EF8172 #E1EF72

monochromatic

#185ECF #3B7EE9 #72A2EF #A9C6F5 #E0EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72A2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#72A2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2EF

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2EF	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749CED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdf4',
    500: '#72a2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ef;
$custom-light: #a2bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.96,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71045,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2EF

secondary

#F1E3CC

accent

#8B0ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2EF

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

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