#72A3FA#72A3FA

#72A3FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3FA
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 250)
HSL	hsl(218, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 34.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 8.14, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 49.00, 279.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.021 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.138 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2860, 36.6710, 95.5373)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3FA #FAC972

analogous

#72E7FA #72A3FA #8572FA

triadic

#72A3FA #FA72A3 #A3FA72

tetradic

#72A3FA #FA72E7 #FAC972 #72FA85

square

#72A3FA #FA72E7 #FAC972 #72FA85

split-complementary

#72A3FA #FA8572 #E7FA72

monochromatic

#0859E9 #377CF8 #72A3FA #ADCAFC #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72A3FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#72A3FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3FA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3FA	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80AAFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F9DF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bdfc',
    500: '#72a3fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3fa;
$custom-light: #a3bdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.382,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3FA

secondary

#F6E9D2

accent

#9300E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3FA

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

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