#73A8CA#73A8CA

#73A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.075 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8CA
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -8.55, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 24.37, 249.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0404 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.075 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7299, 35.9123, 61.1254)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8CA #CA9573

analogous

#73CAC1 #73A8CA #737DCA

triadic

#73A8CA #CA73A8 #A8CA73

tetradic

#73A8CA #C173CA #CA9573 #7DCA73

square

#73A8CA #C173CA #CA9573 #7DCA73

split-complementary

#73A8CA #CA737D #CAC173

monochromatic

#356B8D #478CB9 #73A8CA #9FC4DB #CCDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#73A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#73A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8CA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8CA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.075 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1da',
    500: '#73a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8ca;
$custom-light: #9fc1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.448,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70721,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8CA

secondary

#DCC9BC

accent

#642DB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8CA

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

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