#72A7FE#72A7FE

#72A7FE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7FE
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 254)
HSL	hsl(217, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 7.08, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 49.02, 278.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0244 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.139 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6414, 38.3675, 99.1161)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7FE #FEC972

analogous

#72EDFE #72A7FE #8372FE

triadic

#72A7FE #FE72A7 #A7FE72

tetradic

#72A7FE #FE72ED #FEC972 #72FE83

square

#72A7FE #FE72ED #FEC972 #72FE83

split-complementary

#72A7FE #FE8372 #EDFE72

monochromatic

#025DF4 #3581FE #72A7FE #AFCDFE #E1ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72A7FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#72A7FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7FE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7FE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72A1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0ff',
    500: '#72a7fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7fe;
$custom-light: #a3c0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.286,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7FE

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#8F00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7FE

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

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