#73A5EA#73A5EA

#73A5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A5EA
RGB	rgb(115, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 2.34, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 39.85, 273.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0265 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.115 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3716, 36.4930, 83.0059)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A5EA #EAB873

analogous

#73E0EA #73A5EA #7C73EA

triadic

#73A5EA #EA73A5 #A5EA73

tetradic

#73A5EA #EA73E0 #EAB873 #73EA7C

square

#73A5EA #EA73E0 #EAB873 #73EA7C

split-complementary

#73A5EA #EA7C73 #E0EA73

monochromatic

#1E64C5 #3E83E2 #73A5EA #A8C7F2 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#73A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#73A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A5EA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A5EA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bff1',
    500: '#73a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a5ea;
$custom-light: #a2bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.79,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7149,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A5EA

secondary

#EEDFCA

accent

#830FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A5EA

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

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