#73A8EC#73A8EC

#73A8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8EC
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 1.25, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 39.48, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0294 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.115 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2080, 37.7035, 84.7101)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8EC #ECB773

analogous

#73E5EC #73A8EC #7B73EC

triadic

#73A8EC #EC73A8 #A8EC73

tetradic

#73A8EC #EC73E5 #ECB773 #73EC7B

square

#73A8EC #EC73E5 #ECB773 #73EC7B

split-complementary

#73A8EC #EC7B73 #E5EC73

monochromatic

#1B68C9 #3D87E5 #73A8EC #A9C9F3 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#73A8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#73A8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8EC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8EC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f2',
    500: '#73a8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8ec;
$custom-light: #a2c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.719,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72228,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8EC

secondary

#EFE0CC

accent

#7F0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8EC

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

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