#72A5F5#72A5F5

#72A5F5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5F5
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 245)
HSL	hsl(217, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 32.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 5.45, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 45.44, 276.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0245 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.13 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8703, 37.0774, 91.5822)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5F5 #F5C272

analogous

#72E7F5 #72A5F5 #8072F5

triadic

#72A5F5 #F572A5 #A5F572

tetradic

#72A5F5 #F572E7 #F5C272 #72F580

square

#72A5F5 #F572E7 #F5C272 #72F580

split-complementary

#72A5F5 #F58072 #E7F572

monochromatic

#1060DD #3981F1 #72A5F5 #ABC9F9 #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72A5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#72A5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5F5

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5F5	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bff9',
    500: '#72a5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5f5;
$custom-light: #a2bff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.641,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5F5

secondary

#F3E5CF

accent

#8C02E3

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5F5

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

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