#72A6FA#72A6FA

#72A6FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6FA
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 250)
HSL	hsl(217, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 6.42, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 47.48, 277.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0243 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.135 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8250, 37.7490, 95.7170)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6FA #FAC672

analogous

#72EAFA #72A6FA #8272FA

triadic

#72A6FA #FA72A6 #A6FA72

tetradic

#72A6FA #FA72EA #FAC672 #72FA82

square

#72A6FA #FA72EA #FAC672 #72FA82

split-complementary

#72A6FA #FA8272 #EAFA72

monochromatic

#085EE9 #3781F8 #72A6FA #ADCBFC #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72A6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#72A6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6FA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6FA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ACFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739FF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0fc',
    500: '#72a6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6fa;
$custom-light: #a3c0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.059,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6FA

secondary

#F6E8D2

accent

#8E00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6FA

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

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