#73A8EE#73A8EE

#73A8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8EE
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 1.84, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 40.46, 272.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0288 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.117 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5002, 37.8204, 86.2490)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8EE #EEB973

analogous

#73E6EE #73A8EE #7C73EE

triadic

#73A8EE #EE73A8 #A8EE73

tetradic

#73A8EE #EE73E6 #EEB973 #73EE7C

square

#73A8EE #EE73E6 #EEB973 #73EE7C

split-complementary

#73A8EE #EE7C73 #E6EE73

monochromatic

#1967CE #3C86E7 #73A8EE #AACAF5 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#73A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#73A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8EE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8EE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f4',
    500: '#73a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8ee;
$custom-light: #a2c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.146,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8EE

secondary

#F0E1CD

accent

#810BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8EE

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

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