#72A4FA#72A4FA

#72A4FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4FA
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 250)
HSL	hsl(218, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 34.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 7.56, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 48.49, 278.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0221 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.137 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4643, 37.0275, 95.5967)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4FA #FAC872

analogous

#72E8FA #72A4FA #8472FA

triadic

#72A4FA #FA72A4 #A4FA72

tetradic

#72A4FA #FA72E8 #FAC872 #72FA84

square

#72A4FA #FA72E8 #FAC872 #72FA84

split-complementary

#72A4FA #FA8472 #E8FA72

monochromatic

#085BE9 #377EF8 #72A4FA #ADCAFC #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72A4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#72A4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4FA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4FA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ABFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709EF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CB7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3befc',
    500: '#72a4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4fa;
$custom-light: #a3befc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.941,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4FA

secondary

#F6E9D2

accent

#9100E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4FA

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

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