#73A8FA#73A8FA

#73A8FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8FA
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 250)
HSL	hsl(216, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 32.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 5.49, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 46.44, 276.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0256 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.133 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3222, 38.5492, 95.8452)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8FA #FAC573

analogous

#73ECFA #73A8FA #8273FA

triadic

#73A8FA #FA73A8 #A8FA73

tetradic

#73A8FA #FA73EC #FAC573 #73FA82

square

#73A8FA #FA73EC #FAC573 #73FA82

split-complementary

#73A8FA #FA8273 #ECFA73

monochromatic

#0861EA #3883F8 #73A8FA #AECDFC #E1EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#73A8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#73A8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8FA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8FA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87AEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c1fc',
    500: '#73a8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8fa;
$custom-light: #a3c1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.444,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8FA

secondary

#F6E8D3

accent

#8B00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8FA

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

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