#73A4EC#73A4EC

#73A4EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4EC
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 3.51, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 41.32, 274.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0248 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.118 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4808, 36.2493, 84.4677)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4EC #ECBB73

analogous

#73E1EC #73A4EC #7F73EC

triadic

#73A4EC #EC73A4 #A4EC73

tetradic

#73A4EC #EC73E1 #ECBB73 #73EC7F

square

#73A4EC #EC73E1 #ECBB73 #73EC7F

split-complementary

#73A4EC #EC7F73 #E1EC73

monochromatic

#1B62C9 #3D81E5 #73A4EC #A9C7F3 #DFEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#73A4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#73A4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4EC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4EC	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef2',
    500: '#73a4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4ec;
$custom-light: #a2bef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.702,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71374,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4EC

secondary

#EFE1CC

accent

#860DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4EC

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

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