#72A3EF#72A3EF

#72A3EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3EF
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 4.76, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 43.37, 276.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0238 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.124 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6113, 36.0011, 86.7170)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3EF #EFBE72

analogous

#72E2EF #72A3EF #8072EF

triadic

#72A3EF #EF72A3 #A3EF72

tetradic

#72A3EF #EF72E2 #EFBE72 #72EF80

square

#72A3EF #EF72E2 #EFBE72 #72EF80

split-complementary

#72A3EF #EF8072 #E2EF72

monochromatic

#185FCF #3B7FE9 #72A3EF #A9C7F5 #E0EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72A3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#72A3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3EF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3EF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef4',
    500: '#72a3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3ef;
$custom-light: #a2bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.48,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3EF

secondary

#F1E2CC

accent

#890ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3EF

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

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