#72A5FA#72A5FA

#72A5FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5FA
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(218, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 6.99, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 47.98, 278.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0232 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.136 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6440, 37.3868, 95.6566)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5FA #FAC772

analogous

#72E9FA #72A5FA #8372FA

triadic

#72A5FA #FA72A5 #A5FA72

tetradic

#72A5FA #FA72E9 #FAC772 #72FA83

square

#72A5FA #FA72E9 #FAC772 #72FA83

split-complementary

#72A5FA #FA8372 #E9FA72

monochromatic

#085DE9 #377FF8 #72A5FA #ADCBFC #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72A5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#72A5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5FA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5FA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ACFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729FF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CB8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bffc',
    500: '#72a5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5fa;
$custom-light: #a3bffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72237,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5FA

secondary

#F6E8D2

accent

#8F00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5FA

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

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