#73A4E6#73A4E6

#73A4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4E6
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 1.71, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 38.32, 272.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0265 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.111 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6238, 35.9064, 79.9537)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4E6 #E6B573

analogous

#73DDE6 #73A4E6 #7C73E6

triadic

#73A4E6 #E673A4 #A4E673

tetradic

#73A4E6 #E673DD #E6B573 #73E67C

square

#73A4E6 #E673DD #E6B573 #73E67C

split-complementary

#73A4E6 #E67C73 #DDE673

monochromatic

#2264BD #3F82DD #73A4E6 #A7C6EF #DBE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#73A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#73A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4E6

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4E6	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beee',
    500: '#73a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4e6;
$custom-light: #a1beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4E6

secondary

#ECDDC9

accent

#8114D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4E6

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

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