#72A7F8#72A7F8

#72A7F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7F8
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 248)
HSL	hsl(216, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 32.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 5.23, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 45.98, 276.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0259 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.131 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6956, 37.9892, 94.1349)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7F8 #F8C372

analogous

#72EAF8 #72A7F8 #8072F8

triadic

#72A7F8 #F872A7 #A7F872

tetradic

#72A7F8 #F872EA #F8C372 #72F880

square

#72A7F8 #F872EA #F8C372 #72F880

split-complementary

#72A7F8 #F88072 #EAF872

monochromatic

#0B61E4 #3883F5 #72A7F8 #ACCBFB #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72A7F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#72A7F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7F8

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7F8	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ADFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0fb',
    500: '#72a7f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7f8;
$custom-light: #a3c0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.269,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7F8

secondary

#F5E7D1

accent

#8B00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7F8

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

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