#72A3FE#72A3FE

#72A3FE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3FE
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 254)
HSL	hsl(219, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(219, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 35.8%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 9.38, -50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 51.06, 280.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0201 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.143 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9199, 36.9245, 98.8756)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3FE #FECD72

analogous

#72E9FE #72A3FE #8772FE

triadic

#72A3FE #FE72A3 #A3FE72

tetradic

#72A3FE #FE72E9 #FECD72 #72FE87

square

#72A3FE #FE72E9 #FECD72 #72FE87

split-complementary

#72A3FE #FE8772 #E9FE72

monochromatic

#0256F4 #357BFE #72A3FE #AFCBFE #E1EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72A3FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#72A3FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3FE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3FE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C9EFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bdff',
    500: '#72a3fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3fe;
$custom-light: #a3bdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3FE

secondary

#F7EBD4

accent

#9500E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3FE

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

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