#72A5EE#72A5EE

#72A5EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5EE
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 3.32, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 41.91, 274.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0263 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.12 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8219, 36.6580, 86.0604)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5EE #EEBB72

analogous

#72E3EE #72A5EE #7D72EE

triadic

#72A5EE #EE72A5 #A5EE72

tetradic

#72A5EE #EE72E3 #EEBB72 #72EE7D

square

#72A5EE #EE72E3 #EEBB72 #72EE7D

split-complementary

#72A5EE #EE7D72 #E3EE72

monochromatic

#1963CD #3B82E7 #72A5EE #A9C8F5 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#72A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5EE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5EE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bff4',
    500: '#72a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5ee;
$custom-light: #a2bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.323,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71631,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5EE

secondary

#F0E1CC

accent

#850BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5EE

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

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