#73A0EE#73A0EE

#73A0EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A0EE
RGB	rgb(115, 160, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 6.40, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 44.29, 278.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0198 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.125 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0684, 34.9569, 85.7717)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A0EE #EEC173

analogous

#73DDEE #73A0EE #8473EE

triadic

#73A0EE #EE73A0 #A0EE73

tetradic

#73A0EE #EE73DD #EEC173 #73EE84

square

#73A0EE #EE73DD #EEC173 #73EE84

split-complementary

#73A0EE #EE8473 #DDEE73

monochromatic

#195BCE #3C7BE7 #73A0EE #AAC5F5 #E0EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#73A0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#73A0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A0EE

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A0EE	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 160, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bbf4',
    500: '#73a0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a0ee;
$custom-light: #a2bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.049,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A0EE

secondary

#F0E3CD

accent

#8F0BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A0EE

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

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