#73A4ED#73A4ED

#73A4ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4ED
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 3.81, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 41.82, 275.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0246 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.12 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6265, 36.3075, 85.2350)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4ED #EDBC73

analogous

#73E1ED #73A4ED #7F73ED

triadic

#73A4ED #ED73A4 #A4ED73

tetradic

#73A4ED #ED73E1 #EDBC73 #73ED7F

square

#73A4ED #ED73E1 #EDBC73 #73ED7F

split-complementary

#73A4ED #ED7F73 #E1ED73

monochromatic

#1A61CB #3D81E6 #73A4ED #A9C7F4 #DFEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#73A4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#73A4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4ED

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4ED	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bef3',
    500: '#73a4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4ed;
$custom-light: #a2bef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.902,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71423,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4ED

secondary

#F0E1CC

accent

#870CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4ED

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

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