#73A6ED#73A6ED

#73A6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A6ED
RGB	rgb(115, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 2.67, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 40.88, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0269 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.118 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9873, 37.0290, 85.3553)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A6ED #EDBA73

analogous

#73E3ED #73A6ED #7D73ED

triadic

#73A6ED #ED73A6 #A6ED73

tetradic

#73A6ED #ED73E3 #EDBA73 #73ED7D

square

#73A6ED #ED73E3 #EDBA73 #73ED7D

split-complementary

#73A6ED #ED7D73 #E3ED73

monochromatic

#1A64CB #3D84E6 #73A6ED #A9C8F4 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#73A6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#73A6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A6ED

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A6ED	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f3',
    500: '#73a6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a6ed;
$custom-light: #a2c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.918,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A6ED

secondary

#F0E1CC

accent

#840CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A6ED

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

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