#72A4EA#72A4EA

#72A4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4EA
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 2.68, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 40.38, 273.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0263 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.116 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0611, 36.0662, 82.9399)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4EA #EAB872

analogous

#72E0EA #72A4EA #7C72EA

triadic

#72A4EA #EA72A4 #A4EA72

tetradic

#72A4EA #EA72E0 #EAB872 #72EA7C

square

#72A4EA #EA72E0 #EAB872 #72EA7C

split-complementary

#72A4EA #EA7C72 #E0EA72

monochromatic

#1D63C4 #3D82E2 #72A4EA #A7C6F2 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72A4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#72A4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4EA

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4EA	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bef1',
    500: '#72a4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4ea;
$custom-light: #a1bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4EA

secondary

#EEDFCA

accent

#830FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4EA

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

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