#73A4DA#73A4DA

#73A4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.095 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4DA
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -1.81, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 32.51, 266.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0301 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.095 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9963, 35.2554, 71.3823)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4DA #DAA973

analogous

#73D8DA #73A4DA #7573DA

triadic

#73A4DA #DA73A4 #A4DA73

tetradic

#73A4DA #DA73D8 #DAA973 #73DA75

square

#73A4DA #DA73D8 #DAA973 #73DA75

split-complementary

#73A4DA #DA7573 #D8DA73

monochromatic

#2C66A7 #4385CD #73A4DA #A3C3E7 #D4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#73A4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#73A4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4DA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4DA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.095 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bee5',
    500: '#73a4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4da;
$custom-light: #a0bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.456,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70525,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4DA

secondary

#E6D5C3

accent

#7720C6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4DA

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

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