#72A6F8#72A6F8

#72A6F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6F8
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 33.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 5.80, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 46.47, 277.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0248 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.132 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5131, 37.6242, 94.0741)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6F8 #F8C472

analogous

#72E9F8 #72A6F8 #8172F8

triadic

#72A6F8 #F872A6 #A6F872

tetradic

#72A6F8 #F872E9 #F8C472 #72F881

square

#72A6F8 #F872E9 #F8C472 #72F881

split-complementary

#72A6F8 #F88172 #E9F872

monochromatic

#0B60E4 #3881F5 #72A6F8 #ACCBFB #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72A6F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#72A6F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6F8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6F8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ACFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749FF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0fb',
    500: '#72a6f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6f8;
$custom-light: #a3c0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.716,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6F8

secondary

#F5E7D1

accent

#8C00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6F8

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

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