#72AAFE#72AAFE

#72AAFE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAFE
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 254)
HSL	hsl(216, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 5.37, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 47.54, 276.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0277 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.136 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1973, 39.4794, 99.3014)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAFE #FEC672

analogous

#72F0FE #72AAFE #8072FE

triadic

#72AAFE #FE72AA #AAFE72

tetradic

#72AAFE #FE72F0 #FEC672 #72FE80

square

#72AAFE #FE72F0 #FEC672 #72FE80

split-complementary

#72AAFE #FE8072 #F0FE72

monochromatic

#0263F4 #3585FE #72AAFE #AFCFFE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#72AAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAFE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAFE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88B0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BBDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c2ff',
    500: '#72aafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aafe;
$custom-light: #a3c2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAFE

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAFE

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

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