#73A6EA#73A6EA

#73A6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A6EA
RGB	rgb(115, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 1.77, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 39.39, 272.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0277 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.114 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5526, 36.8552, 83.0662)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A6EA #EAB773

analogous

#73E1EA #73A6EA #7B73EA

triadic

#73A6EA #EA73A6 #A6EA73

tetradic

#73A6EA #EA73E1 #EAB773 #73EA7B

square

#73A6EA #EA73E1 #EAB773 #73EA7B

split-complementary

#73A6EA #EA7B73 #E1EA73

monochromatic

#1E65C5 #3E84E2 #73A6EA #A8C8F2 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#73A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#73A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A6EA

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A6EA	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f1',
    500: '#73a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a6ea;
$custom-light: #a2c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A6EA

secondary

#EEDFCA

accent

#810FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A6EA

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

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