#73A4E5#73A4E5

#73A4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4E5
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 1.42, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 37.83, 272.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0268 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.109 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4837, 35.8504, 79.2162)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4E5 #E5B473

analogous

#73DDE5 #73A4E5 #7B73E5

triadic

#73A4E5 #E573A4 #A4E573

tetradic

#73A4E5 #E573DD #E5B473 #73E57B

square

#73A4E5 #E573DD #E5B473 #73E57B

split-complementary

#73A4E5 #E57B73 #DDE573

monochromatic

#2364BB #3F82DB #73A4E5 #A7C6EF #DAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#73A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#73A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4E5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4E5	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)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DB2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beed',
    500: '#73a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4e5;
$custom-light: #a1beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.211,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4E5

secondary

#ECDCC8

accent

#8015D1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4E5

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

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