#73A9EA#73A9EA

#73A9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A9EA
RGB	rgb(115, 169, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 0.09, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 38.07, 270.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0311 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.111 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1044, 37.9586, 83.2501)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A9EA #EAB473

analogous

#73E4EA #73A9EA #7873EA

triadic

#73A9EA #EA73A9 #A9EA73

tetradic

#73A9EA #EA73E4 #EAB473 #73EA78

square

#73A9EA #EA73E4 #EAB473 #73EA78

split-complementary

#73A9EA #EA7873 #E4EA73

monochromatic

#1E6AC5 #3E88E2 #73A9EA #A8CAF2 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#73A9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#73A9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A9EA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A9EA	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 169, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c2f1',
    500: '#73a9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a9ea;
$custom-light: #a2c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.773,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A9EA

secondary

#EEDECA

accent

#7C0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A9EA

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

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