#72A3F9#72A3F9

#72A3F9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3F9
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 249)
HSL	hsl(218, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 7.83, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 48.48, 279.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0213 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.137 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1297, 36.6085, 94.7137)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3F9 #F9C872

analogous

#72E7F9 #72A3F9 #8472F9

triadic

#72A3F9 #F972A3 #A3F972

tetradic

#72A3F9 #F972E7 #F9C872 #72F984

square

#72A3F9 #F972E7 #F9C872 #72F984

split-complementary

#72A3F9 #F98472 #E7F972

monochromatic

#0A5AE7 #377DF7 #72A3F9 #ADC9FB #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72A3F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#72A3F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3F9

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3F9	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80AAFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709DF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bdfb',
    500: '#72a3f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3f9;
$custom-light: #a3bdfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.222,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71767,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3F9

secondary

#F5E8D2

accent

#9200E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3F9

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

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