#72A3F2#72A3F2

#72A3F2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3F2
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 242)
HSL	hsl(217, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 5.68, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 44.90, 277.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.023 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.128 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0582, 36.1799, 89.0705)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3F2 #F2C172

analogous

#72E3F2 #72A3F2 #8172F2

triadic

#72A3F2 #F272A3 #A3F272

tetradic

#72A3F2 #F272E3 #F2C172 #72F281

square

#72A3F2 #F272E3 #F2C172 #72F281

split-complementary

#72A3F2 #F28172 #E3F272

monochromatic

#145ED6 #3A7EED #72A3F2 #AAC8F7 #E2ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72A3F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#72A3F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3F2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3F2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A9F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749DF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdf6',
    500: '#72a3f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3f2;
$custom-light: #a2bdf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.031,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71408,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3F2

secondary

#F2E4CE

accent

#8C06E0

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FE

border

#CED0D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3F2

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

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