#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
RGBrgb(114, 165, 248)
HSLhsl(217, 91%, 71%)
HSVhsv(217, 54%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.47, 6.37, -46.53)
CIE-LCHlch(67.47, 46.96, 277.80°)
OKLaboklab(72.13% -0.0237 -0.1313)
OKLCHoklch(72.13% 0.133 259.8)
XYZxyz(37.3320, 37.2621, 94.0138)
Luminance0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72A5F81.002.488.458.45
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

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

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#72A5F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva