#72A5F8#72A5F8

#72A5F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5F8
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 6.37, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 46.96, 277.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0237 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.133 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3320, 37.2621, 94.0138)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5F8 #F8C572

analogous

#72E8F8 #72A5F8 #8272F8

triadic

#72A5F8 #F872A5 #A5F872

tetradic

#72A5F8 #F872E8 #F8C572 #72F882

square

#72A5F8 #F872E8 #F8C572 #72F882

split-complementary

#72A5F8 #F88272 #E8F872

monochromatic

#0B5EE4 #3880F5 #72A5F8 #ACCAFB #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72A5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#72A5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5F8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5F8	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ABFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739FF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bffb',
    500: '#72a5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5f8;
$custom-light: #a3bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.164,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5F8

secondary

#F5E7D1

accent

#8E00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5F8

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

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