#72A3FF#72A3FF

#72A3FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3FF
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 255)
HSL	hsl(219, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(219, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 36.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 9.69, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 51.58, 280.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0199 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.145 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0804, 36.9888, 99.7212)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3FF #FFCE72

analogous

#72E9FF #72A3FF #8872FF

triadic

#72A3FF #FF72A3 #A3FF72

tetradic

#72A3FF #FF72E9 #FFCE72 #72FF88

square

#72A3FF #FF72E9 #FFCE72 #72FF88

split-complementary

#72A3FF #FF8872 #E9FF72

monochromatic

#0056F7 #357BFF #72A3FF #AFCBFF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72A3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#72A3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3FF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3FF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C9EFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EB7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bdff',
    500: '#72a3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3ff;
$custom-light: #a4bdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.149,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72083,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3FF

secondary

#F7EBD4

accent

#9600E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3FF

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

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