#73A3EB#73A3EB

#73A3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A3EB
RGB	rgb(115, 163, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 3.78, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 41.29, 275.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.024 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.118 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1577, 35.8348, 83.6453)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A3EB #EBBB73

analogous

#73DFEB #73A3EB #7F73EB

triadic

#73A3EB #EB73A3 #A3EB73

tetradic

#73A3EB #EB73DF #EBBB73 #73EB7F

square

#73A3EB #EB73DF #EBBB73 #73EB7F

split-complementary

#73A3EB #EB7F73 #DFEB73

monochromatic

#1C61C7 #3D80E3 #73A3EB #A9C6F3 #DEE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#73A3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#73A3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A3EB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A3EB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 163, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef1',
    500: '#73a3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a3eb;
$custom-light: #a2bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A3EB

secondary

#EFE0CB

accent

#870ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A3EB

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

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