#72ABFF#72ABFF

#72ABFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABFF
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 5.11, -47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 47.55, 276.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0285 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.136 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5461, 39.9200, 100.2097)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABFF #FFC672

analogous

#72F1FF #72ABFF #8072FF

triadic

#72ABFF #FF72AB #ABFF72

tetradic

#72ABFF #FF72F1 #FFC672 #72FF80

square

#72ABFF #FF72F1 #FFC672 #72FF80

split-complementary

#72ABFF #FF8072 #F1FF72

monochromatic

#0064F7 #3587FF #72ABFF #AFCFFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72ABFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#72ABFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABFF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABFF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89B1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3ff',
    500: '#72abff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abff;
$custom-light: #a3c3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.745,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8900E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABFF

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

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