#73A4E9#73A4E9

#73A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4E9
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 2.61, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 39.81, 273.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0257 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.114 257)
XYZ	xyz(35.0487, 36.0764, 82.1915)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4E9 #E9B873

analogous

#73DFE9 #73A4E9 #7D73E9

triadic

#73A4E9 #E973A4 #A4E973

tetradic

#73A4E9 #E973DF #E9B873 #73E97D

square

#73A4E9 #E973DF #E9B873 #73E97D

split-complementary

#73A4E9 #E97D73 #DFE973

monochromatic

#1F63C3 #3E82E1 #73A4E9 #A8C6F1 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#73A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#73A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4E9

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4E9	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef0',
    500: '#73a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4e9;
$custom-light: #a2bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.085,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4E9

secondary

#EEDFCA

accent

#8311D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4E9

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

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