#73A5FE#73A5FE

#73A5FE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A5FE
RGB	rgb(115, 165, 254)
HSL	hsl(218, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 35%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 8.43, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 49.98, 279.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0214 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.141 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4086, 37.7078, 99.0010)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A5FE #FECC73

analogous

#73EBFE #73A5FE #8673FE

triadic

#73A5FE #FE73A5 #A5FE73

tetradic

#73A5FE #FE73EB #FECC73 #73FE86

square

#73A5FE #FE73EB #FECC73 #73FE86

split-complementary

#73A5FE #FE8673 #EBFE73

monochromatic

#0259F5 #367EFE #73A5FE #B0CCFE #E1EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#73A5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#73A5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A5FE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A5FE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709FFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 165, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bfff',
    500: '#73a5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a5fe;
$custom-light: #a4bfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.417,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A5FE

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#9300E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A5FE

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

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