#72A5F9#72A5F9

#72A5F9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A5F9
RGBrgb(114, 165, 249)
HSLhsl(217, 92%, 71%)
HSVhsv(217, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(54.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.52, 6.68, -47.00)
CIE-LCHlch(67.52, 47.47, 278.09°)
OKLaboklab(72.19% -0.0235 -0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(72.19% 0.135 260)
XYZxyz(37.4876, 37.3243, 94.8330)
Luminance0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A5F9 #F9C672
analogous
#72E9F9 #72A5F9 #8272F9
triadic
#72A5F9 #F972A5 #A5F972
tetradic
#72A5F9 #F972E9 #F9C672 #72F982
square
#72A5F9 #F972E9 #F9C672 #72F982
split-complementary
#72A5F9 #F98272 #E9F972
monochromatic
#0A5DE7 #3780F7 #72A5F9 #ADCAFB #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48
#72A5F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47
#72A5F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5F9
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A5F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A5F91.002.488.478.47
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4721.001.001.00
##0000008.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#83ABFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#729FF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1EB8C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 260.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bffb',
    500: '#72a5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a5f9;
$custom-light: #a3bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.37327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A5F9
secondary
#F5E8D2
accent
#8F00E6
background
#FAFBFF
surface
#F4F6FF
border
#CED0D7
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185

Preview Lab

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#72A5F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva