#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
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 249)
HSL	hsl(217, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 6.68, -47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 47.47, 278.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0235 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.135 260)
XYZ	xyz(37.4876, 37.3243, 94.8330)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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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
##72A5F9	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72A5F9

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

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