#73A1EB#73A1EB

#73A1EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A1EB
RGB	rgb(115, 161, 235)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 31.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 4.92, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 42.25, 276.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0217 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.12 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8054, 35.1302, 83.5279)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A1EB #EBBD73

analogous

#73DDEB #73A1EB #8173EB

triadic

#73A1EB #EB73A1 #A1EB73

tetradic

#73A1EB #EB73DD #EBBD73 #73EB81

square

#73A1EB #EB73DD #EBBD73 #73EB81

split-complementary

#73A1EB #EB8173 #DDEB73

monochromatic

#1C5EC7 #3D7DE3 #73A1EB #A9C5F3 #DEE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#73A1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#73A1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A1EB

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A1EB	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 161, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bcf1',
    500: '#73a1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a1eb;
$custom-light: #a2bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70688,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A1EB

secondary

#EFE1CB

accent

#8A0ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A1EB

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

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