#73A8EB#73A8EB

#73A8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8EB
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 0.95, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 38.99, 271.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0297 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.113 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0631, 37.6456, 83.9471)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8EB #EBB673

analogous

#73E4EB #73A8EB #7A73EB

triadic

#73A8EB #EB73A8 #A8EB73

tetradic

#73A8EB #EB73E4 #EBB673 #73EB7A

square

#73A8EB #EB73E4 #EBB673 #73EB7A

split-complementary

#73A8EB #EB7A73 #E4EB73

monochromatic

#1C68C7 #3D87E3 #73A8EB #A9C9F3 #DEEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#73A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#73A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8EB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8EB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f1',
    500: '#73a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8eb;
$custom-light: #a2c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7218,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8EB

secondary

#EFDFCB

accent

#7E0ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8EB

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

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