#73A8EA#73A8EA

#73A8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8EA
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 0.65, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 38.51, 270.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.03 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.112 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9190, 37.5879, 83.1884)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8EA #EAB573

analogous

#73E4EA #73A8EA #7973EA

triadic

#73A8EA #EA73A8 #A8EA73

tetradic

#73A8EA #EA73E4 #EAB573 #73EA79

square

#73A8EA #EA73E4 #EAB573 #73EA79

split-complementary

#73A8EA #EA7973 #E4EA73

monochromatic

#1E68C5 #3E87E2 #73A8EA #A8C9F2 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#73A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#73A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8EA

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8EA	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f1',
    500: '#73a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8ea;
$custom-light: #a2c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.277,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8EA

secondary

#EEDECA

accent

#7E0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8EA

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

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