#72AAFA#72AAFA

#72AAFA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAFA
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 250)
HSL	hsl(215, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 32%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 4.14, -45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 45.54, 275.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0287 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.131 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5635, 39.2259, 95.9631)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAFA #FAC272

analogous

#72EEFA #72AAFA #7E72FA

triadic

#72AAFA #FA72AA #AAFA72

tetradic

#72AAFA #FA72EE #FAC272 #72FA7E

square

#72AAFA #FA72EE #FAC272 #72FA7E

split-complementary

#72AAFA #FA7E72 #EEFA72

monochromatic

#0865E9 #3786F8 #72AAFA #ADCEFC #E1EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72AAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#72AAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAFA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAFA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAFFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3fc',
    500: '#72aafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aafa;
$custom-light: #a3c3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAFA

secondary

#F6E7D2

accent

#8700E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAFA

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

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