#73A5EB#73A5EB

#73A5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A5EB
RGB	rgb(115, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 2.64, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 40.35, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0263 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.116 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5156, 36.5506, 83.7646)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A5EB #EBB973

analogous

#73E1EB #73A5EB #7D73EB

triadic

#73A5EB #EB73A5 #A5EB73

tetradic

#73A5EB #EB73E1 #EBB973 #73EB7D

square

#73A5EB #EB73E1 #EBB973 #73EB7D

split-complementary

#73A5EB #EB7D73 #E1EB73

monochromatic

#1C64C7 #3D83E3 #73A5EB #A9C7F3 #DEEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#73A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#73A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A5EB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A5EB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bff1',
    500: '#73a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a5eb;
$custom-light: #a2bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A5EB

secondary

#EFE0CB

accent

#830ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A5EB

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

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