#72A5FC#72A5FC

#72A5FC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5FC
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 252)
HSL	hsl(218, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 7.61, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 49.00, 278.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0227 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.139 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9592, 37.5129, 97.3170)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5FC #FCC972

analogous

#72EAFC #72A5FC #8472FC

triadic

#72A5FC #FC72A5 #A5FC72

tetradic

#72A5FC #FC72EA #FCC972 #72FC84

square

#72A5FC #FC72EA #FCC972 #72FC84

split-complementary

#72A5FC #FC8472 #EAFC72

monochromatic

#055BEF #367FFB #72A5FC #AECBFD #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72A5FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#72A5FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5FC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5FC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719FFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bffe',
    500: '#72a5fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5fc;
$custom-light: #a3bffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5FC

secondary

#F6E9D3

accent

#9100E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5FC

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

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