#72A4EB#72A4EB

#72A4EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4EB
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 2.98, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 40.88, 274.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.026 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.118 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2052, 36.1239, 83.6986)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4EB #EBB972

analogous

#72E0EB #72A4EB #7C72EB

triadic

#72A4EB #EB72A4 #A4EB72

tetradic

#72A4EB #EB72E0 #EBB972 #72EB7C

square

#72A4EB #EB72E0 #EBB972 #72EB7C

split-complementary

#72A4EB #EB7C72 #E0EB72

monochromatic

#1C63C6 #3C81E3 #72A4EB #A8C7F3 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72A4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#72A4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4EB

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4EB	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bef1',
    500: '#72a4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4eb;
$custom-light: #a1bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.207,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4EB

secondary

#EFE0CA

accent

#840ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4EB

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

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