#73A7EB#73A7EB

#73A7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A7EB
RGB	rgb(115, 167, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 1.51, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 39.44, 272.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0286 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.114 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8792, 37.2778, 83.8858)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A7EB #EBB773

analogous

#73E3EB #73A7EB #7B73EB

triadic

#73A7EB #EB73A7 #A7EB73

tetradic

#73A7EB #EB73E3 #EBB773 #73EB7B

square

#73A7EB #EB73E3 #EBB773 #73EB7B

split-complementary

#73A7EB #EB7B73 #E3EB73

monochromatic

#1C66C7 #3D85E3 #73A7EB #A9C9F3 #DEEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#73A7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#73A7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A7EB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A7EB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 167, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f1',
    500: '#73a7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a7eb;
$custom-light: #a2c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A7EB

secondary

#EFDFCB

accent

#800ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A7EB

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

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