#72AAFF#72AAFF

#72AAFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAFF
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 5.68, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 48.04, 276.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0274 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.137 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3579, 39.5437, 100.1470)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAFF #FFC772

analogous

#72F1FF #72AAFF #8072FF

triadic

#72AAFF #FF72AA #AAFF72

tetradic

#72AAFF #FF72F1 #FFC772 #72FF80

square

#72AAFF #FF72F1 #FFC772 #72FF80

split-complementary

#72AAFF #FF8072 #F1FF72

monochromatic

#0062F7 #3585FF #72AAFF #AFCFFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#72AAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAFF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAFF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87B0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 258.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.17,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73541,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAFF

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

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